openbgpd community strings

[Lu Vo]

I am hoping someone in the know can shed some lights on this.


My snippet of bgpd.conf:


#---- MCI ----
mci_as="11486"
mci_peer1="142.77.114.132"
mci_peer2="142.77.114.133"
mci_peer3="208.218.245.33"
#---- Allstream ----
allstream_as="15290"
allstream_peer1="209.82.101.41"
allstream_carp_ip="209.82.101.44"
pw="*********"

group "MCI" {
    remote-as $mci_as
    tcp md5sig password $pw
    announce self
    set nexthop $mci_peer3
    multihop 3
    neighbor $mci_peer1
    neighbor $mci_peer2
    neighbor $mci_peer3
    set community 701:120
}
group "Allstream" {
    remote-as $allstream_as
    tcp md5sig password $pw
    announce self
    neighbor $allstream_peer1
    set community 15290:90
}


None of the upstream providers (MCI and Allstream) claim they see the
community strings set by me.  Is this not the correct way of setting
community attribute ?

Thanks for reading.

Lu