[c-nsp] BGP active open failed

[tkacprzynski at SpencerStuart.com]

I noticed that you have:
>I also have a static
> default route from this router to our core router.

BGP neighbor will not come up if it is using a default route to reach a
neighbor, try changing that to something more specific. 

Regards,

Tom Kacprzynski



-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:03 PM
To: msprouffske at yahoo.com
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] BGP active open failed

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:23:54AM -0800, msprouffske at yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm seeing a strange issue on one of my cisco 7206 routers.  I am 
> currently running Version 12.2(33)SRE3
> 
> BGP: x.x.x.x Active open failed - update-source NULL is not available,

> open active delayed 9216ms (35000ms max, 60% jitter)
> 
> The bgp neighbor is directly connected on a gig interface and I even 
> have the update-source command under the peer.

update-source *what*?

I interpret this error message as "the update-source points to an
interface that doesn't exist on this machine, or is down" (like
"update-source loop1"
and you only have "loop0").  So it can't get an IP address, and fails.

gert
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