[irrtoolset]inet-rtr logic
Cengiz Alaettinoglu cengiz at packetdesign.com
Mon Sep 13 17:41:17 CEST 2004
As far as I know, it is used to search the aut-num object for the appropriate policy for the peer. On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 05:57, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > I think I've figured it out. > > It relies on the aut-num object of what's specified in the local-as > attribute of the inet-rtr object, not the peer's. That being said, > what is the function of the MANDATORY asno(as_number) dictionary value? > Simply for remote-as if it's generating neighbor statements? > > On 13-Sep-04, at 8:46 AM, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > I'm trying to understand how RtConfig uses the inet-rtr to search for > > data. > > > > I have an inet-rtr object with the following peer: > > > > peer: BGP4 198.32.245.8 asno(AS13657) > > > > The import/export info of the aut-num object for AS13657 looks like > > this: > > > > import: from AS701 accept ANY > > import: from AS10678 accept ANY > > import: from AS843 accept ANY > > import: from AS10568 accept AS10568 > > import: from AS5764 accept AS5764 > > export: to AS10568 announce ANY > > export: to AS10678 announce AS13657 AS13657:AS-CUSTOMERS > > export: to AS843 announce ANY > > export: to AS5674 announce ANY > > > > When I run RtConfig configureRouter <inet-rtr> > > > > I get a list of prefixes for AS10568 and AS5764, but not for AS13657 > > itself. I've read RFC2622 and the man page for IrrToolSet, but it > > doesn't give any indication as to how far it's search key extends into > > the aut-num object referenced in the peer: entry of the inet-rtr > > object. > > > > inet-rtr doesn't imply having a reciprocal entry in the inet-rtr > > objects peer's aut-num object, does it? Cengiz