Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 22:40:28 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: mike@NetworX.ie Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hosts learning routes in OSPF Message-ID: <199608180540.WAA03391@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <ECS9608180224A@NetworX.ie> from Michael Ryan at "Aug 18, 96 02:24:24 am"
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> 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. > > 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. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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