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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m successfully using BIRD with the Go Looking Glass from <a href="https://github.com/xddxdd/bird-lg-go">
https://github.com/xddxdd/bird-lg-go</a>. I haven’t needed to use the birdc CLI until now, and I’m a bit confused by it in ways the docs don’t appear to address.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(I’m running default distro pkgs on Alma Linux 8.5, one of the post-CentOS RHEL rebuilds.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The output I get looks like:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas">[root@lg2 ~]# birdc show route | head
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas">BIRD 2.0.9 ready.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas">Table master4:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas">223.94.242.0/23 unreachable [uwpg_rtr1_v4 2022-03-26 from 216.73.71.131] * (100) [AS56041?]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas"> unreachable [umrtr2_v4 2022-03-26 from 206.211.216.52] (100) [AS56041?]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas"> unreachable [umrtr1_v4 2022-03-26 from 206.211.216.51] (100) [AS56041?]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas">181.123.200.0/22 unreachable [umrtr1_v4 2022-03-26 from 206.211.216.51] * (100) [AS23201i]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas"> unreachable [umrtr2_v4 2022-03-26 from 206.211.216.52] (100) [AS23201i]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas"> unreachable [uwpg_rtr1_v4 2022-03-26 from 216.73.71.131] (100) [AS23201i]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas">88.218.186.0/24 unreachable [umrtr1_v4 2022-03-26 from 206.211.216.51] * (100) [AS62240i]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas"> unreachable [umrtr2_v4 2022-03-26 from 206.211.216.52] (100) [AS62240i]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Is the “unreachable” bit normal on a looking glass / route collector?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">What’s with the “?” at the end of some ASes?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Where’s the AS paths? All I seem to get is the terminal AS.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not sure if I’m not using the tool correctly, or if I’m even using the right tool in the first place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pointers / clues appreciated?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Adam<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Adam Thompson</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#44546A;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
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