Comment 2 for bug 2040001

Hi,

Following the answers:

1) Yes, it is a workaround for switch brands that are non-compliant but it is also a fragility from NDR that does not open the TCP port to answer incoming connection when the peer is in IDLE status

2) I believe no, the Operator would have the option to keep how NDR works nowadays by default without change anything or the Operator could add a configuration option(e.g. bgp_connect_mode = both) to enable and change the behavior

We are testing this internally (in a lab) and we can open an RFE with the proposal.