OpenBGPD

OpenBGPD is a daemon that implements BGP. To install it, navigate to System | Packages, click on the Add icon next to the OpenBGPD entry, and click on the Confirm button on the next page.

You can begin OpenBGPD configuration by navigating to Services | OpenBGPD. You should see several configuration tabs. The first one is Settings. The Autonomous Systems (AS) Number edit box allows you to set the local autonomous system number. The Holdtime edit box allows you to define the time (in seconds) a session with a neighboring OpenBGPD router is kept active without receiving either a KEEPALIVE or UPDATE message from the neighbor. The fib-update drop-down box allows you to choose whether to update the Forwarding Information Base (the kernel ...

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