<p dir="ltr">let's 192.168.1.1 is my router Wan IP. One single physical router running bird and bird6.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Solution 1 :<br>
bird router id = 192.168.1.1<br>
bird6 router id = 192.168.1.1</p>
<p dir="ltr">Solution 2 :<br>
bird router id = 192.168.1.1<br>
bird6 router id = 127.0.0.1</p>
<p dir="ltr">Is that what you're advising ?<br>
What are the benefits of using IPv4 loopback as bird6 router id ??!<br>
:-) </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 19, 2015 11:13 AM, "Job Snijders" <<a href="mailto:job@instituut.net">job@instituut.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:08:06AM +0100, Ondrej Zajicek wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 09:35:42AM +0100, olivier a wrote:<br>
> > Is it good practice to use same router id for bird and bird6 ?<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm wondering if there are some drawbacks or pitfalls ?<br>
><br>
> I see no reason why not to use the same router id.<br>
<br>
I second that. If they are the same physical box, using the IPv4<br>
loopback as router-id in bird6 is a good (and common) approach.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Job<br>
</blockquote></div>