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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Some computer network equipment use the
term "loopback" for a virtual interface used for management
purposes.<br>
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Job meant your main normal IPv4 address, not the loopback address
on the loopback virtual interface.<br>
<br>
-- Wilco<br>
<br>
On 20/03/15 09:23, olivier a wrote:<br>
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:job@instituut.net">job@instituut.net</a>>
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.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>
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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>
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