Hi, I would like to import interfaces routes in my bird instance, so I wrote this into my configuration: protocol direct { ipv6; } But the channel is down when I look thought birdc: bird> show protocols all direct1 Name Proto Table State Since Info direct1 Direct --- up 17:42:58.641 Channel ipv6 State: DOWN Table: master6 Preference: 240 Input filter: ACCEPT Output filter: REJECT And of course, I have routes on my interfaces: samis ~ # ip -6 r sh 2a00:5884::/64 dev eth1 proto kernel metric 256 pref medium 2a00:5884:0:5::/64 dev brlxc proto kernel metric 256 pref medium fe80::/64 dev eth0 proto kernel metric 256 pref medium fe80::/64 dev eth1 proto kernel metric 256 pref medium fe80::/64 dev brlxc proto kernel metric 256 pref medium default via fe80::204:92:100:1 dev eth1 metric 3 pref medium I don’t see anything in the documentation to force a channel to be up. What am I missing? Cheers, -- Alarig