Hello Daniel, this looks fishy. I tried a trivial config like this on my laptop as follows and it works. Could you please disclose the full table? There are some details in the recursive nexthop resolution algorithm (preventing infinite resolution loops) which may apply to your case. BTW, is there really no message in the log? The config: protocol device {} protocol kernel { ipv6 { import all; export none; }; learn; } protocol static { ipv6; route fdca:db8::/32 recursive ::; } The table: Table master6: ::/0 unicast [kernel1 21:42:38.893] * (10) via fe80::feed:dee4:fe00:23d3 on wlo1 Type: inherit univ Kernel.source: 9 Kernel.metric: 600 2a00:1028:dead:beef::/64 unicast [kernel1 21:42:38.893] * (10) dev wlo1 Type: inherit univ Kernel.source: 9 Kernel.metric: 600 fdca:db8::/32 unicast [static1 21:42:38.891] * (200) via fe80::feed:dee4:fe00:23d3 on wlo1 Type: static univ Have a nice evening or any other part of the day! Maria On 6/27/23 18:03, Daniel Gröber wrote:
Hi Alexander,
On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 04:48:46PM +0200, Alexander Zubkov wrote:
Not sure, but I would guess it can be related to the local address. It might try to pick the first interface with such network. Could you try your setup with some route that has the nexthop from a unique subnet configured on the interface? At least to check if it will become reachable or not. Ok, if I add a route like `2000::/64 dev enp1s0 via fe80::fc00:3ff:fec7:cd05` to the kernel and recurse through that it does work.
protocol static static_export_kernel2 { ipv6; igp table master6; route 2001:db8::/64 recursive 2000::1234; }
$ ip -6 route add 2000::/64 dev enp1s0 via fe80::fc00:3ff:fec7:cd05 $ birdc show route protocol static_export_kernel2 all 2001:db8::/64 unicast [static_export_kernel2 16:01:20.131] * (200) via fe80::fc00:3ff:fec7:cd05 on enp1s0 Type: static univ
Or it might be that routes imported from the kernel are marked as recursive, so it does not resolve because Bird does not allow double recursion. If I remove the 2000::/64 route the recursive route goes back to unreachable. So something seems to be preventing recursion through the default route specifically, but it evidently doesn't have anything to do with the route coming from the kernel.
$ ip -6 route del 2000::/64 dev enp1s0 via fe80::fc00:3ff:fec7:cd05 $ birdc show route protocol static_export_kernel2 all 2001:db8::/64 unreachable [static_export_kernel2 16:01:20.131] * (200) Type: static univ
Weird.
Thanks for your suggestions, --Daniel
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