Static route IPv4 via FE80::2/64 and interface issue

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Which platform uses backslash in the interface name?

Have you tried to rename the interface or add an interface alias? (using
systemd or ude rules) to avoid the backslash in the interface name.

On Wed, 14 Feb 2024, 11.11 Saklak, Marcin via Bird-users, <
bird-users at network.cz> wrote:

> Hello Bird Users,
>
>
> I have an issue with adding static route and interfaces. I use two
> different platform one has interface names like eth-1_1_32 and second
> eth-1\1\64.
> First one works as I would expect.
>
> First platform:
> ifconfig eth-1_1_32
>
> eth-1_1_32: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>
>
> bird.conf:
>  route 192.168.1.5/32 via fe80::2 % 'eth-1_1_32';
>
> ip r
>
> 192.168.1.5 via inet6 fe80::2 dev eth-1_1_32 proto bird metric 32
>
> but second platform with interfaces in eth-1\1\64 style didn’t work
> ifconfig eth-1\\1\\64
>
> eth-1\1\64: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>
> I’ve got an error message for  route 192.168.1.5/32 via fe80::2 %
> 'eth-1\1\64';
> birdc
>
> BIRD 2.13 ready.
>
> bird> configure
>
> Reading configuration from /mnt/storage/config/bird.conf
>
> /mnt/storage/config/bird.conf:29:45 Invalid character in apostrophed symbol
>
> for:
> route 192.168.1.5/32 via fe80::2 % "eth-1\1\64";
> bird> configure
>
> Reading configuration from /mnt/storage/config/bird.conf
>
> /mnt/storage/config/bird.conf:29:51 syntax error, unexpected TEXT
>
>
>
> for:
> route 192.168.1.5/32 via "fe80::2%eth-1\1\64";
> no error and no entries in linux
> I did also tests with
> route 192.168.1.5/32 via "fe80::2%eth-1\\\1\\\64";
> route 192.168.1.5/32 via "fe80::2%eth-1\\1\\64";
>
> route 192.168.1.5/32 via fe80::2 % ’eth-1\\\1\\\64’;
> route 192.168.1.5/32 via fe80::2 % ’eth-1\\1\\64’;
>
> without any success
>
> Is it possible to make it work on both cases or there is some other way to
> configure such static route?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Marcin
>
>
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