sh ip bgp ne [routes|advertised-routes|received-routes] and

I'm a little confused on this. I can build peers and verify
advertised-routes and just "routes" which is routes learned from the
neighbor. As I understand, "routes" is what has been received from the
neighbor but might be filtered from the RIB for a variety of reasons. If I
try to look at "received-routes" I get a "% Inbound soft reconfiguration not
enabled on x.x.x.x"

OK. I've read up on the BGP soft reset "function" as well as the old
enhancements page from Cisco to figure this out. What I can't understand is
why I must have soft reconfiguration enabled on a peer in order to look up
what routes I am processing from him. Am I totally missing the boat on this?
If anyone can clarify the differences in these commands in case I am
misinterpreting them as well as how the soft reconfiguration influences them
I would greatly appreciate it. Googling reveals some but does not provide
full enlightenment...

-Hammer

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Received on Wed Jun 03 2009 - 09:27:34 ART