Following the example at https://github.com/BIRD/bird/ blob/v2.0.2/doc/bird.conf.example2, I set up a simple bird config (see below). It is working, but I am not certain what the '---' in the table column of the output of `show protocols` means. I expected the column to display vpntab4. $ sudo /usr/local/sbin/birdc show protocols BIRD v2.0.2 ready. Name Proto Table State Since Info peer1 BGP --- up 17:14:48.474 Established The output of `show route count` shows that there are routes in table vpntab4: $ sudo /usr/local/sbin/birdc show route count BIRD v2.0.2 ready. 0 of 0 routes for 0 networks in table master4 0 of 0 routes for 0 networks in table master6 9581 of 9581 routes for 9581 networks in table vpntab4 Total: 9581 of 9581 routes for 9581 networks in 3 tables The contents of my bird.conf: log syslog { debug, trace, info, remote, warning, error, auth, fatal, bug }; log stderr all; router id 127.0.0.1; vpn4 table vpntab4; protocol bgp peer1 { local as 65321; neighbor 192.168.1.1 as 65321; hold time 180; vpn4 mpls { import all; }; } Thanks, -- Chris Herdt https://osric.com/chris/