.\Copyright (c) 1995 Merit Network, Inc.
.\Author: Craig Labovitz (labovit@merit.edu)
.\SBGP (Simple BGP) manual page
.TH sbgp 1
.SH NAME
sbgp - simple BGP speaker/listner 
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sbgp
[-i data_in_file] [-o data_out_file] [-l log_file] [my AS] [peer_IP peer_AS]...


.SH DESCRIPTION
The `\|\fBsbgp\fP\|' program is a simple BGP protol speaker and
listner. The program can be used to receive and/or inject BPG routing 
information into one or more BGP peering seesions. The program
does NOT maintain routing information or apply policy to incomming
or outgoing routes.

(\fBmy AS\fR) specifies the local AS number to be used in BGP peering sessions. If a local AS number is not specified, \fBsbgp\fR uses a random AS number greater than 6000. Multiple BGP peers may be configured by listing multiple \fBpeer_IP peer_AS\fR on the command line.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP 1i
.B \-i 
Name of the file containing binary MRT messages. An argument 'stdin' will read from standard input. \fI(Default is no input).\fR
.TP 1i
.B \-o 
Name of output file. An argument of 'stdout' will write to standard output \fI(this is the default).\fR
.TP 1i
.B \-v
write verbose tracing and error messages to stdout
.B \-l
name of tracing log file. By default, /tmp/bgp.log is used.
.B \-b
peer with the NSFNet Backbone. This feature will only exist in ALPHA versions of the software.


.SH EXAMPLE
> sbgp -v -o data 56 192.23.23.22 690


.SH "SEE ALSO"
route_atob(1), mrt(1), bgp(1), mrt_io(3)

.SH BUGS
Lots -- this is an ALPHA release after all!

.SH AUTHOR
Craig Labovitz, Merit Network, Inc.


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