Re: [irrtoolset]inet-rtr logic

[Cengiz Alaettinoglu <]

As far as I know, it is used to search the aut-num object for the
appropriate policy for the peer.

On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 05:57, Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> I think I've figured it out.
> 
> 	It relies on the aut-num object of what's specified in the local-as 
> attribute of the inet-rtr object, not the peer's.  That being said, 
> what is the function of the MANDATORY asno(as_number) dictionary value? 
>   Simply for remote-as if it's generating neighbor statements?
> 
> On 13-Sep-04, at 8:46 AM, Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> >
> > 	I'm trying to understand how RtConfig uses the inet-rtr to search for 
> > data.
> >
> > I have an inet-rtr object with the following peer:
> >
> > peer:       BGP4 198.32.245.8 asno(AS13657)
> >
> > The import/export info of the aut-num object for AS13657 looks like 
> > this:
> >
> > import:             from AS701  accept ANY
> > import:             from AS10678  accept ANY
> > import:             from AS843  accept ANY
> > import:             from AS10568  accept AS10568
> > import:             from AS5764  accept AS5764
> > export:             to AS10568  announce ANY
> > export:             to AS10678  announce AS13657 AS13657:AS-CUSTOMERS
> > export:             to AS843  announce ANY
> > export:             to AS5674  announce ANY
> >
> > When I run RtConfig configureRouter <inet-rtr>
> >
> > I get a list of prefixes for AS10568 and AS5764, but not for AS13657 
> > itself.  I've read RFC2622 and the man page for IrrToolSet, but it 
> > doesn't give any indication as to how far it's search key extends into 
> > the aut-num object referenced in the peer: entry of the inet-rtr 
> > object.
> >
> > inet-rtr doesn't imply having a reciprocal entry in the inet-rtr 
> > objects peer's aut-num object, does it?
Cengiz