From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 8 21:48:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E7016A41F for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 21:48:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1E9243D45 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 21:48:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j88LmZ9e008159; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:48:35 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j88LmZka008157; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:48:35 -0700 Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:48:34 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Jon Dama Message-ID: <20050908214834.GA8000@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20050901225346.0923E16A41F@hub.freebsd.org> <200509072128.04819.incmc@gmx.de> <20050907194130.GA2436@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <200509072223.20560.incmc@gmx.de> <20050907211811.GA19570@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: Jochen Gensch , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default route doesn't change to wireless device (ath0) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:48:36 -0000 --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 02:40:06PM -0700, Jon Dama wrote: >=20 >=20 > > > And whenever there is a wireless network available (where the system = can log > > > in an get a network connection) the default route should be switched = to that > > > wireless nic. Or even better, if both connections work, automatically= choose > > > the faster one :-). > > > > That's the goal we're headed towards. Unfortunatly, it's not an instant > > thing, particularly when people trying things like what you're doing > > that don't map well into the old world view of static devices that don't > > change networks. The old model is wrong and has been so for quite some > > time, but that doesn't mean there aren't assumptions related to it all > > over the place. >=20 > Again, the problem is with the routing code. You should NOT need to be > deleting default routes simply because one link goes down and another > comes up on a different interface. >=20 > Deleting the route simply because the interface went down is a hack. Got a new routing implemention handy? Until then, well have to live with hacks. :( -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDILGyXY6L6fI4GtQRAjhBAKDSk+KAzG7tgXJUoYcB4kLwf4yPkACfYnsh N38x8WEVD20tuwyQ+pDOAcU= =kuVa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--