BIRD Commands

General BIRD commands:

bird> show status
BIRD 2.0.9
Router ID is 93.93.135.198
Hostname is dnas
Current server time is 2022-05-25 14:36:34.621
Last reboot on 2022-05-25 06:58:28.249
Last reconfiguration on 2022-05-25 14:35:01.841
Daemon is up and running

# With 1x full IPv4 feed and 1x full IPv6 feed, on 2022-05-24:
bird> show memory
BIRD memory usage
                  Effective    Overhead
Routing tables:    101.6 MB   1628.3 kB
Route attributes:   47.4 MB   8749.8 kB
Protocols:          19.4 kB   2952.0  B
Standby memory:      0.0  B      0.0  B
Total:             149.1 MB     10.1 MB


bird> show protocols
Name       Proto      Table      State  Since         Info
device1    Device     ---        up     06:58:28.248
bgp1       BGP        ---        up     06:58:32.326  Established
bgp2       BGP        ---        up     06:58:32.952  Established

 

IPv4/IPv6 unicast commands

bird> show route

bird> show route table master6 count
148137 of 148137 routes for 148137 networks in table master6


bird> show route table master4 count
879936 of 879936 routes for 879936 networks in table master4


bird> show protocols all
Name       Proto      Table      State  Since         Info
device1    Device     ---        up     06:58:28.248

bgp1       BGP        ---        up     06:58:32.326  Established
  BGP state:          Established
    Neighbor address: 85.232.240.179
    Neighbor AS:      57355
    Local AS:         65001
    Neighbor ID:      85.232.240.179
    Local capabilities
      Multiprotocol
        AF announced: ipv4
      Route refresh
      Extended message
      Graceful restart
      4-octet AS numbers
      Enhanced refresh
      Long-lived graceful restart
    Neighbor capabilities
      Multiprotocol
        AF announced: ipv4
      Route refresh
      4-octet AS numbers
      Enhanced refresh
    Session:          external multihop AS4
    Source address:   93.93.135.198
    Hold timer:       193.753/240
    Keepalive timer:  33.668/80
  Channel ipv4
    State:          UP
    Table:          master4
    Preference:     100
    Input filter:   ACCEPT
    Output filter:  REJECT
    Routes:         879940 imported, 0 exported, 879940 preferred
    Route change stats:     received   rejected   filtered    ignored   accepted
      Import updates:        1879270          0          0     885396     993874
      Import withdraws:        13606          0        ---         16      13590
      Export updates:        1873917    1873917          0        ---          0
      Export withdraws:        13590        ---        ---        ---          0
    BGP Next hop:   93.93.135.198
    IGP IPv4 table: master4

bgp2       BGP        ---        up     06:58:32.952  Established
  BGP state:          Established
    Neighbor address: 2001:1a68:2c:2::179
    Neighbor AS:      57355
    Local AS:         65001
    Neighbor ID:      85.232.240.179
    Local capabilities
      Multiprotocol
        AF announced: ipv6
      Route refresh
      Extended message
      Graceful restart
      4-octet AS numbers
      Enhanced refresh
      Long-lived graceful restart
    Neighbor capabilities
      Multiprotocol
        AF announced: ipv6
      Route refresh
      4-octet AS numbers
      Enhanced refresh
    Session:          external multihop AS4
    Source address:   2a00:1098:80:db::1
    Hold timer:       214.806/240
    Keepalive timer:  25.264/80
  Channel ipv6
    State:          UP
    Table:          master6
    Preference:     100
    Input filter:   ACCEPT
    Output filter:  REJECT
    Routes:         148132 imported, 0 exported, 148132 preferred
    Route change stats:     received   rejected   filtered    ignored   accepted
      Import updates:         363579          0          0     160884     202695
      Import withdraws:        14618          0        ---          4      14614
      Export updates:         350890     350890          0        ---          0
      Export withdraws:        14614        ---        ---        ---          0
    BGP Next hop:   2a00:1098:80:db::1
    IGP IPv6 table: master6


bird> show route for 2a02:c78::/29
Table master6:
2a02:c78::/29        unreachable [bgp2 06:58:35.505 from 2001:1a68:2c:2::179] * (100) [AS5607i]



bird> show route protocol bgp1
Table master4:
223.94.242.0/23      unreachable [bgp1 06:59:55.025 from 85.232.240.179] * (100) [AS56041?]
181.123.200.0/22     unreachable [bgp1 06:59:59.009 from 85.232.240.179] * (100) [AS23201i]
88.218.186.0/24      unreachable [bgp1 07:00:06.699 from 85.232.240.179] * (100) [AS62240i]
74.247.144.0/20      unreachable [bgp1 07:00:01.839 from 85.232.240.179] * (100) [AS7018i]
39.135.99.0/24       unreachable [bgp1 06:59:55.023 from 85.232.240.179] * (100) [AS56041i]
171.244.192.0/22     unreachable [bgp1 06:59:07.689 from 85.232.240.179] * (100) [AS38731i]
....

show route filtered
show route export bgp1

 

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