Re: Strange route selection (defroute and specific)

20 Nov 2025


      My mistake. Here what I have in my config:

protocol static static_v4 {
        ipv4 {
                preference 1100;
        };
        # default route for clients
        route 0.0.0.0/0 drop;
}

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 12:12:07PM +0100, Nico Schottelius wrote:
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I believe static does not support preference:
/etc/bird/bird.conf:1047:5 syntax error, unexpected PREFERENCE
from:
protocol static defroutev4 {
    ipv4;
    preference 5;
route 0.0.0.0/0 unreachable;
}
Yakimus // Netassist NOC <yakimus@netassist.ua> writes:
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just add the preference for static:
protocol static defroutev4 {
    ipv4;
        route 0.0.0.0/0 unreachable;
  preference 5;
  }
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