21 May
2025
21 May
'25
12:15 p.m.
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 01:48:20PM +0200, Jana Babovakova via Bird-users wrote:
import or export table is a command to note, that the routes will be locally stored in a table for import or export. So you do not need to write it down, it's just a switch.
Check the documentation for BGP > https://bird.nic.cz/doc/bird-2.16.2.html#bgp and tag "import table switch".
Of note - it is good practise to keep the table: it's 'more neighborly'! Keeping the import table can help reduce the sending of BGP ROUTE-REFRESH messages (which are costly for your peers). Some commercial BGP vendors refer to this concept as "soft-reconfiguration inbound always". Kind regards, Job