<div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Hi, this is my first post in a <span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">mailing list</span>. I hope I do it fine.</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)">My server should receive<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(239,240,241);white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(36,39,41)">routes</code><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)"><span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span>via<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(239,240,241);white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(36,39,41)">RIP</code><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)">.</span><br style="color:rgb(36,39,41)"><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)">I have tried it on </span><code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(239,240,241);white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(36,39,41)">Ubuntu 10.04 with bird from </code></font><strong style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-family:"liberation sans",dl_liberation_sans,sans-serif;font-size:14.72px">ppa:cz.nic-labs/bird</strong> . <font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(36,39,41)"><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)">The server should work with the interface option<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(239,240,241);white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(36,39,41)">passive</code><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)">.</span><br style="color:rgb(36,39,41)"><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)">(Receive routes and do not send)</span></font><br></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#242729" face="verdana, sans-serif">My config file looks like:</font></div><div><font color="#242729" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1em;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:13px;width:auto;max-height:600px;overflow:auto;font-family:consolas,menlo,monaco,"lucida console","liberation mono","dejavu sans mono","bitstream vera sans mono","courier new",monospace,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(239,240,241);word-wrap:normal;color:rgb(36,39,41)"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:consolas,menlo,monaco,"lucida console","liberation mono","dejavu sans mono","bitstream vera sans mono","courier new",monospace,sans-serif;white-space:inherit">protocol kernel {
    persist;                
    scan time 20;
    export all;            
}

protocol device {
    scan time 10;           
}

protocol rip {
    export none;
    import all;
    interface "eth0" {
            passive yes;
    };
    debug all;
}</code></pre></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41)"><br></span></font></div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;clear:both;color:rgb(36,39,41);font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">If I start bird, I get</p><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1em;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:13px;width:auto;max-height:600px;overflow:auto;font-family:consolas,menlo,monaco,"lucida console","liberation mono","dejavu sans mono","bitstream vera sans mono","courier new",monospace,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(239,240,241);word-wrap:normal;color:rgb(36,39,41)"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:consolas,menlo,monaco,"lucida console","liberation mono","dejavu sans mono","bitstream vera sans mono","courier new",monospace,sans-serif;white-space:inherit">bird: /etc/bird.conf, line 15: syntax error</code></pre></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(36,39,41);font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I tried "yes", "true" and ""</span> as switch for the passive option.</div><div><br></div><div>I posted the question at stackexchange too. (<a href="http://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/39548/bird-rip-routes-should-only-be-received">http://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/39548/bird-rip-routes-should-only-be-received</a>)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you in advance.</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Alexander Festl</span></div></div>