[j-nsp] asn32: as-path formatting ?

[Per Nihlen]

On May 17, 2008, at 4:10 AM, Daniel Roesen wrote:

> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:32:42PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
>> As numbers greater than 65535, like they freaking should be.
>>
>> :'s don't belong in IP addresses
>> .'s don't belong in ASNs
>>
>> Thank you Juniper.
>
> I couldn't agree more. Finally some vendor who didn't drink the  
> "asdot"
> kool-aid and did the Sensible Thing.
>

Juniper supports it from 9.2, I'm currently BETA testing it.

per at t320b_re1# set routing-options autonomous-system ?
Possible completions:
  <as_number>           Autonomous system number in plain number or  
'higher 16bits'.'Lower 16 bits' (asdot notation) format
  asdot-notation       Use AS-Dot notation to display true 4 byte AS  
numbers
  loops                Maximum number of times this AS can be in an AS  
path
[edit]

You can type the ASN in what ever format you like in option  
"<as_number>" , the show commands will then still be in "asplain". If  
you choose "asdot-notation" the show commands will show the ASNs in as- 
dot.

So basically you can choose to drink the kool-aid or not.  (I  
personally choose not to)

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