I have a 908e 3rd gen. We have two 50 Mbps connections from two different carriers. We have bgp established with both carriers. We see bgp reset with both peers at the exact same time periodically. Both peers will show "Last reset: Hold timer expired, remote peer unresponsive" for the neighbor. This does not appear to be an issue with either carrier as there is nothing in common with either. Has anyone experienced anything like this or have any suggestions?
Here are the sh bgp ipv4 neighbor outputs for each peer. IP's have been substituted with 1.1.1.x and 2.2.2.x for each peer.
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sh bgp ipv4 neighbor 1.1.1.1
BGP neighbor is 1.1.1.1
Remote AS 209, external link
Configured hold time is 20, keepalive interval is 6 seconds
Default minimum time between advertisement runs is 30 seconds
Connections established 78; dropped 77
Last reset: Hold timer expired, remote peer unresponsive
Connection ID: 72
BGP version 4, remote router ID x
BGP state is Established, for 01:23:47
Negotiated hold time is 20, keepalive interval is 6 seconds
Message statistics:
InQ depth is 0, OutQ depth is 0
Sent Rcvd
Opens: 1 1
Notifications: 0 0
Updates: 1 1
Keepalives: 838 929
Route-Refresh: 0 0
Unknown: 0 0
Total: 840 931
Local host: 1.1.1.2
Local port: 179
Foreign host: 1.1.1.1
Foreign port: 53351
Flags: passive open
Neighbor Capabilities:
4 byte ASN: advertised and received
Route refresh: advertised and received
IPv4 unicast: advertised and received
#sh bgp ipv4 neighbor 2.2.2.1
BGP neighbor is 2.2.2.1
Remote AS 701, external link
Configured hold time is 20, keepalive interval is 6 seconds
Default minimum time between advertisement runs is 30 seconds
Connections established 71; dropped 70
Last reset: Hold timer expired, remote peer unresponsive
Connection ID: 5
BGP version 4, remote router ID y
BGP state is Established, for 01:24:11
Negotiated hold time is 20, keepalive interval is 6 seconds
Message statistics:
InQ depth is 0, OutQ depth is 0
Sent Rcvd
Opens: 71 71
Notifications: 27 63
Updates: 54 49
Keepalives: 2500822 2780408
Route-Refresh: 0 0
Unknown: 0 0
Total: 2500974 2780591
Local host: 2.2.2.2
Local port: 26001
Foreign host: 2.2.2.1
Foreign port: 179
Flags: active open
Neighbor Capabilities:
4 byte ASN: advertised and received
Route refresh: advertised and received
IPv4 unicast: advertised and received