From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 22 12:07:48 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id MAA10498 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:07:48 -0700 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA10490 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:07:41 -0700 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA12093 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Tue, 22 Aug 1995 23:06:39 +0400 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Tue, 22 Aug 95 23:06:38 +0400 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id WAA00163; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 22:54:05 +0400 To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" , Scott Mace Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Julian Elischer References: In-Reply-To: ; from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Mon, 21 Aug 1995 19:44:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 22:54:04 +0400 (MSD) X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.40 FreeBSD] From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: equal cost ip forwarding Lines: 24 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1036 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message Jonathan M. Bresler writes: >2) Keepalive protocol are realised. It checks if any packets are received >from this line, and drop connection (and reestablish it) if no this packets >was received during defined time. In addition, driver can be configured >to wait few packets from the line before interface would be turned on. >Driver can send dummy _keep alive_ packets every N seconds to >keep line _alive_ even if no routing / icmp packets are transmitted >between systems. We already have that. >3) Driver fixes interface numbers for every line, to prevent >routing problems (most routers dislike if some interface change it's >addresses fast). We already have that. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849