That's really a bummer. Do we know when we can expect the next version with the "ptp netmask" to be package? I might look at upgrading BIRD if it's published.

-bn
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On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Alexander V. Chernikov <melifaro@ipfw.ru> wrote:

On 03.05.2013 06:04, Bao Nguyen wrote:

Hello all,

Hi.

I'm running BIRD 1.3.4 with JUNOS and I ran into the issue of "netmask
0.0.0.0" was seen by JUNOS as it's not being sent by BIRD on a OSPF
point-to-point link per RFC spec but JUNOS perform strict check on it.

There seemed to be quite a bit of discussions about this online [1][2]
and I'm wondering if anyone got a better alternatives then switching to
link broadcast mode?

It seems broadcast is the only alternative.

I also looked at BIRD code, it seemed like someone have applied a patch
for a "ptp netmask" option on in April 17 to work around this issue but

Yes, I had the same problem and Ondrej merged my patch recently.

upgrading BIRD is not an option at this point.

[1]
https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&enablesaml=yes&id=KB23533&max-yv=1&cat=M_SERIES&actp=LIST&smlogin=true
<https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&enablesaml=yes&id=KB23533&max-yv=1&cat=M_SERIES&actp=LIST&smlogin=true>
[2]
http://forums.juniper.net/t5/Junos-and-Junosphere/ospf-point-to-point-interface-type-on-ethernet/td-p/39375

thanks,


-bn
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