I configured BGP and nothing happen...

sangomab

Hello there,

I recently configured a Express route to my PFsense, so one of the steps is to configure BGP to handle the routing between Azure and my on-promise.

i did found some documentation like this one
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How to configure BGP in pfSense?
BGP Example Configuration

i did all the steps i found but in the end the bgp never went up

BGP Summary

IPv4 Unicast Summary:
BGP router identifier 172.20.0.1, local AS number 65002 vrf-id 0
BGP table version 24
RIB entries 39, using 7488 bytes of memory
Peers 1, using 14 KiB of memory

Neighbor        V         AS   MsgRcvd   MsgSent   TblVer  InQ OutQ  Up/Down State/PfxRcd   PfxSnt
172.20.0.2      4      12076         0         0        0    0    0    never       Active        0

Total number of neighbors 1

IPv6 Unicast Summary:
BGP router identifier 172.20.0.1, local AS number 65002 vrf-id 0
BGP table version 0
RIB entries 0, using 0 bytes of memory
Peers 1, using 14 KiB of memory

Neighbor        V         AS   MsgRcvd   MsgSent   TblVer  InQ OutQ  Up/Down State/PfxRcd   PfxSnt
172.20.0.2      4      12076         0         0        0    0    0    never       Active        0

Total number of neighbors 1

BGP Neighbors

BGP neighbor is 172.20.0.2, remote AS 12076, local AS 65002, external link
 Description: E5 Express Route
  BGP version 4, remote router ID 0.0.0.0, local router ID 172.20.0.1
  BGP state = Active
  Last read 4d19h26m, Last write never
  Hold time is 180, keepalive interval is 60 seconds
  Graceful restart information:
    Local GR Mode: Helper*
    Remote GR Mode: NotApplicable
    R bit: False
    Timers:
      Configured Restart Time(sec): 120
      Received Restart Time(sec): 0
  Message statistics:
    Inq depth is 0
    Outq depth is 0
                         Sent       Rcvd
    Opens:                  0          0
    Notifications:          0          0
    Updates:                0          0
    Keepalives:             0          0
    Route Refresh:          0          0
    Capability:             0          0
    Total:                  0          0
  Minimum time between advertisement runs is 0 seconds
  Update source is 172.20.0.1

 For address family: IPv4 Unicast
  Not part of any update group
  Community attribute sent to this neighbor(large)
  Inbound path policy configured
  Outbound path policy configured
  Route map for incoming advertisements is *ALLOW-ALL
  Route map for outgoing advertisements is *ALLOW-ALL
  0 accepted prefixes

 For address family: IPv6 Unicast
  Not part of any update group
  Community attribute sent to this neighbor(large)
  Inbound path policy configured
  Outbound path policy configured
  Route map for incoming advertisements is *ALLOW-ALL
  Route map for outgoing advertisements is *ALLOW-ALL
  0 accepted prefixes

  Connections established 0; dropped 0
  Last reset 4d19h26m,  Waiting for peer OPEN
BGP Connect Retry Timer in Seconds: 120
Next connect timer due in 10 seconds
Read thread: off  Write thread: off  FD used: -1

can someone help me in this one, did it miss something ?

Regards.