Well, according to your router's error message, it *did* work...it ensured you couldn't propagate that route update, thereby ensuring no traffic from your neighbors would traverse the prepended path.
Of course, it's a bit of a degenerate case of "working"--but it *did* serve to shift traffic away. ^_^;; Matt On Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 13:33 Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m using CAIDA’s bgpreader and this one looks like it might be an > > example of what you want. > > > > R|R|1586714402.000000|routeviews|route-views.eqix|||2914|206.126.236.12| > 103.148.41.0/24|206.126.236.12|2914 > <http://103.148.41.0/24%7C206.126.236.12%7C2914> 58717 134371 134371 > 134371 134371 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 > 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076 140076|140076|2914:410 2914:1405 > 2914:2406 2914:3400|| > > aut-num: AS140076 > as-name: MIS-AS-AP > descr: Mir Internet Service > country: BD > org: ORG-MIS3-AP > admin-c: MISA2-AP > tech-c: MISA2-AP > mnt-by: APNIC-HM > mnt-irt: IRT-MIS-BD > mnt-routes: MAINT-MIS-BD > mnt-lower: MAINT-MIS-BD > last-modified: 2020-01-31T06:35:38Z > source: APNIC > > actually, an example of what none of us wants :) > > it seems a lot of folk think prepending acrually works. > > thanks > > >
