--- bgpctl/parser.c.orig	2007-01-11 15:02:38.000000000 +1000
+++ bgpctl/parser.c	2007-01-11 16:28:30.000000000 +1000
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 int			 parse_addr(const char *, struct bgpd_addr *);
 int			 parse_prefix(const char *, struct bgpd_addr *,
 			     u_int8_t *);
-int			 parse_asnum(const char *, u_int16_t *);
+int			 parse_asnum(const char *, u_int32_t *);
 int			 parse_number(const char *, struct parse_result *,
 			     enum token_type);
 int			 getcommunity(const char *);
@@ -592,9 +592,9 @@
 }
 
 int
-parse_asnum(const char *word, u_int16_t *asnum)
+parse_asnum(const char *word, u_int32_t *asnum)
 {
-	u_long	 ulval;
+  u_long	 ulval, ulval2;
 	char	*ep;
 
 	if (word == NULL)
@@ -602,13 +602,20 @@
 
 	errno = 0;
 	ulval = strtoul(word, &ep, 0);
+        if (*ep == '.') {
+          ++ep ;
+          ulval2 = strtoul(ep,&ep,0) ;
+          if (ulval > USHRT_MAX) return(0) ;
+          if (ulval2 > USHRT_MAX) return(0) ;
+          ulval = (ulval << 16) + ulval2 ;
+	  }
 	if (word[0] == '\0' || *ep != '\0')
 		return (0);
 	if (errno == ERANGE && ulval == ULONG_MAX)
 		return (0);
-	if (ulval > USHRT_MAX)
+	if (ulval > UINT_MAX)
 		return (0);
-	*asnum = (u_int16_t)ulval;
+	*asnum = (u_int32_t)ulval;
 	return (1);
 }
 
@@ -698,7 +705,8 @@
 	struct filter_set	*fs;
 	char			*p;
 	int			 i;
-	u_int16_t		 as, type;
+	u_int16_t		 as;
+        u_int16_t                type;
 
 	/* Well-known communities */
 	if (strcasecmp(word, "NO_EXPORT") == 0) {