gated.conf

OK Change this to:

export proto bgp as 3831 {
  proto bgp aspath .* origin any { all; };
  proto bgp aspath 3831 origin any restrict;
  proto bgp aspath 701 origin any restrict;
  proto bgp aspath 6302 origin any restrict;
  proto bgp aspath 4259 * origin any restrict;
  proto bgp aspath 3817 * origin any restrict;
}

I think this is correct, but if it isn't working I'd
move the the top clause to the bottom and put the others above [order is
important, but the order isn't _yet_ documented] You should have a look
at filter declations such as this below:

define filter "AS-3831"
{
  proto bgp aspath .* origin any { all; };
        proto bgp aspath 3831 origin any restrict;
        proto bgp aspath 701 origin any restrict;
        proto bgp aspath 6302 origin any restrict;
        proto bgp aspath 4259 * origin any restrict;
        proto bgp aspath 3817 * origin any restrict;
};

Then do:

export proto bgp as 6453 "AS-3831";

Note that I've not tried doing the above, but it should work, it means
you can %include filters and makes your gated.conf files much easier to
read.

Hope this helps,

Neil

Thank you very much for the help. Gated has been driving me crazy, and I
do not like the gated.conf examples (and lack thereof) on any of the sites
I've looked have helped me more than the people I've talked with about it
in the last two days.

Thanks,
Joe Shaw - jshaw@insync.net
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