I am testing with Bird 1.6.8 with the following setup Box 1 with interface VPP0 (192.168.1.6) ----------R--------Box 2 with interface VPP0 (192.168.2.6) Middle router R has IP address 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1 The config for Box 1: table T0; # This pseudo-protocol watches all interface up/down events. protocol device { scan time 10; # Scan interfaces every 10 seconds } # Configure logging log "/home/talariuser/log/dynamic_routing.log" { debug, trace, info, remote, warning, error, auth, fatal, bug } ; router id 198.168.100.5; protocol static { table T0; check link; route 192.168.2.0/24 via 192.168.1.1; # Default route import all; export all; } protocol bgp bgp1 { table T0; import all; # Do not change this parameters without assistance gateway recursive; next hop self; local as 100; hold time 180; source address 192.168.1.6; default bgp_local_pref 100; igp metric on; neighbor 192.168.2.6 as 100; multihop 3; import all; export all; } protocol direct { table T0; interface "vpp0"; } Similar on box2. The BGP stay in connect state. When I try to do packet capture on interface "vpp0", I don't see any packets sent out. Anybody can point out what I did wrong in the config? Thanks in advance, Wei