Re: BGP neighbor/configuration testing

[Eric A Louie <elouie () yahoo com>]

That's a natural first impression but there are no passwords configured on the BGP session on either router.  I know it 
looks like an authentication error but it's a "misnomer" (at least from the searches I did on the error message).  From 
the sequence of messages, we get Established and 2 seconds later the session Closes.  The reason for the Close may lead 
us to the solution.

I'm reluctant to turn on debug bgp because this is a live production router, and if I hose it, there will be a lot of 
'splainin to do [1]

[1] http://www.quotecounterquote.com/2011/05/lucy-you-got-some-splainin-to-do.html





> ________________________________
> From: Daniel Rohan <drohan () gmail com>
> To: Eric A Louie <elouie () yahoo com> 
> Cc: Joe Abley <jabley () hopcount ca>; "nanog () nanog org" <nanog () nanog org> 
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 10:55 AM
> Subject: Re: BGP neighbor/configuration testing
>
>
>
> Seems like:
>  
> Nov 25 06:28:34.837 pacific: %BGP-3-NOTIFICATION: received from neighbor xxx.118.92.149 2/5 (authentication failure) 0 
> bytes
> >
> should be a good starting place. I'm assuming you've already discussed auth keys with your provider and if everyone is 
> putting that in correctly, I'd suggest turning on debugging to see what exactly that message is all about. 
>
>
> Dan