[Xorp-users] two BSRs
Pavlin Radoslavov
pavlin at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU
Fri Apr 4 08:56:24 PDT 2008
> You need to check the following:
>
> * Are the Bootstrap messages from C forwarded by B on the
> A-B subnet.
> For that purpose you need to use a tool like tcpdump or
> wireshark that understands the Bootstrap messages format so you
> could match the content. Note that the Bootstrap messages are
> processed hop-by-hop such that only the payload of the message is
> preserved, but the IP header is replaced (i.e., the src IP address
> won't match the BSR IP address).
>
> * Check that the (unicast) reverse-path forwarding information in A
> points to B as the next-hop toward C.
Forgot to mention that the xorpsh command for this check is:
show pim mrib
Pavlin
> * Check for any suspicious warning or error messages in the XORP log
> output.
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