Re: BGPD and source interface

Super, thanks !

Laura

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On Friday, October 1st, 2021 at 13:39, Theo de Raadt <deraadt@openbsd.org> wrote:

> route [-T rtable] sourceaddr [-inet|-inet6] [address]
> route [-T rtable] sourceaddr [-inet|-inet6] -ifp interface
> Set the preferred source address. If address is the word
> "default", 0.0.0.0 or ::, source address will be chosen by
> the kernel for the matching address family. When address is
> omitted, preferred source address is printed if set. If -ifp
> is used, source will use IP assigned to interface. The
> preferred source will not be used when:
>
>
> o destination is on-link
>
> o source address is assigned to a disabled interface
>
> This is best used as a !route command in a hostname.* file.
>
> Laura Smith n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp@protonmail.ch wrote:
>
> > Could somebody kindly remind me how to force OpenBSD to use the lo0 alias for outbound traffic ?
> >
> > I've got an OpenBSD instance which is getting its default route via bgpd.
> >
> > ping 8.8.8.8 does not work
> >
> > but
> >
> > ping -I $lo0_alias works
> >
> > How can I tell OpenBSD to use the lo0 as default outbound interface instead of the LAN IP ?