Hi I compiled bird 1.3.9 on Linux/MIPS (Debian 6.0.6) and I have problem that my bird is not listening on port TCP/179 ? Any comments or recommendations ? Rob # ps auxw | grep bird root 16334 0.0 0.2 2612 1056 pts/0 S 23:46 0:00 ./bird # netstat -a -l | grep bird unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 84588 bird.ctl # birdc BIRD 1.3.9 ready. bird> show protocols all name proto table state since info device1 Device master up 23:46 Preference: 240 Input filter: ACCEPT Output filter: REJECT Routes: 0 imported, 0 exported, 0 preferred Route change stats: received rejected filtered ignored accepted Import updates: 0 0 0 0 0 Import withdraws: 0 0 --- 0 0 Export updates: 0 0 0 --- 0 Export withdraws: 0 --- --- --- 0 OLIVE4 BGP master start 23:46 Idle Description: JunOS Preference: 100 Input filter: bgp_olive4_in Output filter: bgp_olive4_out Routes: 0 imported, 0 exported, 0 preferred Route change stats: received rejected filtered ignored accepted Import updates: 0 0 0 0 0 Import withdraws: 0 0 --- 0 0 Export updates: 0 0 0 --- 0 Export withdraws: 0 --- --- --- 0 BGP state: Idle Neighbor address: 10.17.0.139 Neighbor AS: 60000 My bird.conf configuration file: log syslog { debug, trace, info, remote, warning, error, auth, fatal, bug }; router id 10.17.0.254; listen bgp address 10.17.0.254 port 179; protocol device { scan time 60; } filter bgp_olive4_in { bgp_local_pref=100; accept; } filter bgp_olive4_out { reject; } protocol bgp OLIVE4 { description "JunOS"; local as 60000; source address 10.17.0.254; neighbor 10.17.0.139 as 60000; import filter bgp_olive4_in; export filter bgp_olive4_out; }