[j-nsp] BGP route table DISPLAY error using TERSE

[Tony Frank]

Hi Bosco,

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 11:50:54AM +0530, Bosco Sachanandani wrote:
> 203.155.94.0/25    *[BGP/170] 03:28:51, localpref 100, from 202.123.213.83
>                       AS path: 19440 64719 I
>                     > to 213.181.39.25 via fe-0/3/1.3
>                     [BGP/170] 3d 20:25:04, localpref 100, from 213.181.39.20
>                       AS path: 6774 19440 64719 I
>                     > to 213.181.39.25 via fe-0/3/1.3
> This shows that to reach 203.155.94.0/25 the prefered path is via 202.123.213.83. This is perfectly correct.

No, the next-hop is shown as 213.181.39.25 in both cases, you just learnt that path from different sources.

> I tried the same thing using 'terse' and this is what it shows me!!
> admin at srmum1-re0> show route table Gp_VRF terse   
> * 203.155.94.0/25    B 170        100            >213.181.39.25   19440 64719 I
>                      B 170        100            >213.181.39.25   6774 19440 64719 I
> 
> Has anyone ever seen this? I tried clearing the BGP connections with both peers but the problem persists!

I'm not clear what the problem is?  In terse view you are only seeing the next-hop and not where you learnt that next-hop from.

> There is no problem with route functionality but I am confused as to why the 'terse' output is 'incorrect'! Please let me know if I am missing something here....

Perhaps you can better identify the problem?

Regards,

Tony