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Subject: Re: FreeBSD network failover
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On 08.12.17 03:11, Bruce Simpson wrote:
> Randy Bush wrote:
>> ...
>> freebsd does not allow metrics on static routes, which would be the
>> 'normal' hack. i.e. you can not have two default routes with different
>> weights.
>
> If you look in my 1 currently owned PRs:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/71474
>
> ...this ticket contains a description of how to implement floating
> statics in a hopefully non-sucky way, which is a stepping-stone to being
> able to deal with metrics in a sensible way.

yep.  don't wrap it, i'll eat it here.  :)

randy