Hi, I'm a new BIRD user so I may be missing something, if so please forgive me. I created a simple config for an ibgp neighbor: template bgp rr_client { local as XXXXX; rr client; import all; export all; } protocol bgp R1 from rr_client { neighbor 172.19.242.51 as XXXXX; } The other end is a cisco router with a similarly simple config. However when I start up bird I get "Waiting for 172.19.242.51 to become my neighbor", and nothing ever happens. bird doesn't start listening on 179 either. For information, both bgp endpoints are in the same /24 subnet (ie directly connected). However if I add multihop then it comes up and everything's great. Is there a reason why I have to use multi hop when the devices are on the same lan? Thanks! Thomas