~risops/bin/peerstat is a simple script to report BGP peering status Examples: "peerstat all -lt 300" will show all peers which have changed state within 5 minutes (300 seconds) - typically peers which are flapping. risops@halfweg:~$ peerstat all -lt 300 AS20940 [ 195.66.224.168 ] on rrc01 DOWN for 0w 0d 0h 0m 4s (4 seconds) AS12222 [ 198.32.160.47 ] on rrc11 UP for 0w 0d 0h 0m 10s (10 seconds) "peerstat rrc00,rrc01 -gt 86400" will show all peers on rrc00 and rrc01 which have been down for more than 86400 seconds (1 day): risops@halfweg:~$ peerstat rrc00,rrc01 -gt 86400 AS3257 [ 195.69.144.85 ] on rrc00 down "for ever" AS15861 [ 195.66.224.40 ] on rrc01 down "for ever" AS5604 [ 195.66.224.41 ] on rrc01 down "for ever" AS1299 [ 195.66.224.48 ] on rrc01 down "for ever" AS12513 [ 195.66.224.117 ] on rrc01 down "for ever" AS15861 [ 195.66.226.40 ] on rrc01 down "for ever" AS8272 [ 195.66.226.47 ] on rrc01 down "for ever" AS2818 [ 195.66.226.103 ] on rrc01 DOWN for 5w 6d 19h 0m 0s (3610800 seconds) AS8210 [ 195.66.226.107 ] on rrc01 DOWN for 2w 3d 6h 0m 0s (1490400 seconds) AS12390 [ 195.66.226.119 ] on rrc01 down "for ever" AS13127 [ 195.66.226.142 ] on rrc01 DOWN for 2w 6d 11h 0m 0s (1767600 seconds) "peerstat rrc08 -gt 2419200" will show all peers on rrc08 which have been down for more than 2419200 seconds (4 weeks): risops@halfweg:~$ peerstat rrc08 -gt 2419200 AS2551 [ 198.32.200.14 ] on rrc08 down "for ever" James