@Mods, i am using FRR, an open source routing daemon, but i think my issue is routing configs, not OS. should this change, or if otherwise appropriate, feel free to move this thread. i have a fedora ...
router bgp 65500 bgp log-neighbor-changes redistribute connected redistribute static neighbor 10.250.0.1 remote-as 3549 neighbor 10.250.0.1 send-community neighbor 10.250.0.1 soft-reconfiguration ...