http://hen.cs.ucl.ac.uk/library/hardware/routers/procket/20fcs/routing_proto... http://www.inetdaemon.com/tutorials/internet/ip/routing/bgp/operation/finite... http://www.cymru.com/Documents/barry2.pdf I would check the latest version of the RFC and also the IOS/BGP version you are running.......... ________________________________ From: Zaid Ali <zaid@zaidali.com> To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Fri, October 15, 2010 12:12:10 AM Subject: MsgSent statistics question I am trying to troubleshoot an odd v6 peering connection issue. Does anyone know at what point is MsgSent in BGP summary or neighbor summary calculated? Does the MsgSent include initial TCP connections before establishment? Thanks, Zaid