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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index b8dabf47..f06e21c9 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -2085,17 +2085,18 @@ and vice versa, depending on what's allowed by the filters. Export filters contr of routes from the primary table to the secondary one, import filters control the opposite direction. -<p>The Pipe protocol may work in the opaque mode or in the transparent -mode. In the opaque mode, the Pipe protocol retransmits optimal route +<p>The Pipe protocol may work in the transparent mode mode or in the opaque mode. +In the transparent mode, the Pipe protocol retransmits all routes from +one table to the other table, retaining their original source and +attributes. If import and export filters are set to accept, then both +tables would have the same content. The transparent mode is the default mode. + +<p>In the opaque mode, the Pipe protocol retransmits optimal route from one table to the other table in a similar way like other protocols send and receive routes. Retransmitted route will have the source set to the Pipe protocol, which may limit access to protocol -specific route attributes. The opaque mode is a default mode. - -<p>In transparent mode, the Pipe protocol retransmits all routes from -one table to the other table, retaining their original source and -attributes. If import and export filters are set to accept, then both -tables would have the same content. The mode can be set by +specific route attributes. This mode is mainly for compatibility, it +is not suggested for new configs. The mode can be changed by <tt/mode/ option. <p>The primary use of multiple routing tables and the Pipe protocol is for policy routing, |