On 2013-09-22, Denis Fondras <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an OpenBGPd router with OpenBSD5.3, peering with two remote
> routers (one for v4 and one for v6). I expect my peers to send me only
> valid routes.
>
> Is there a way to show every prefixes sent by a peer, even invalid ones ?
IIRC there isn't..
> I know of "bgpctl show rib" but I'd like to understand what this line
> means : "27808 prefix entries using 869K of memory"
>
> For me it looks like half of the prefixes I receive are invalid (in
> memory bu not in RIB) and I'd like to understand why.
The most likely reasons are invalid nexthops ("bgpctl sh nex") or
that the paths are dropped by your filter rules.