of routes from the primary table to the secondary one, import filters control the opposite
direction.
-<p>The Pipe protocol may work in the opaque mode or in the transparent
-mode. In the opaque mode, the Pipe protocol retransmits optimal route
+<p>The Pipe protocol may work in the transparent mode mode or in the opaque mode.
+In the transparent mode, the Pipe protocol retransmits all routes from
+one table to the other table, retaining their original source and
+attributes. If import and export filters are set to accept, then both
+tables would have the same content. The transparent mode is the default mode.
+
+<p>In the opaque mode, the Pipe protocol retransmits optimal route
from one table to the other table in a similar way like other
protocols send and receive routes. Retransmitted route will have the
source set to the Pipe protocol, which may limit access to protocol
-specific route attributes. The opaque mode is a default mode.
-
-<p>In transparent mode, the Pipe protocol retransmits all routes from
-one table to the other table, retaining their original source and
-attributes. If import and export filters are set to accept, then both
-tables would have the same content. The mode can be set by
+specific route attributes. This mode is mainly for compatibility, it
+is not suggested for new configs. The mode can be changed by
<tt/mode/ option.
<p>The primary use of multiple routing tables and the Pipe protocol is for policy routing,