Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:15:42 BST From: Michael Ryan <mike@NetworX.ie> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hosts learning routes in OSPF Message-ID: <ECS9608191042D@NetworX.ie>
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On Sat, 17 Aug 1996 22:40:28 -0700 (PDT) Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > Maybe this is off-topic, but in an OSPF network, how do the > > end-nodes learn of up-to-date routes (I'm assuming that only > > the routers run OSPF)? > > The learn by using a default route that is one of the OSPF routers, > the OSPF router will send a redirect message to the host if there > is a better direct route to where this packet goes, or it will just > forward the packet if there is not a better local route. Thanks, Rodney. After I posted the question, I started thinking and reckoned that redirects might be the answer. > > > > > Is there the equivalent of a "routed -q" type facility? > > Nope, and not needed as far as I can see, the one function I > would like to see on OSPF (gated actually), and maybe I missed > it, is ``routed -g'' so that hosts on local nets can pick up > the default route from the wire instead of having to set it > on all of them. I think that rdisc can actually handle this > for me, but haven't tried to implement it here yet. I played a little bit with rdisc on Solaris, and it seems to work. Hmm, interesting... Mike <mike@NetworX.ie> ---
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