Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 23:39:57 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: route metric Message-ID: <20050603213957.GA1821@gicco.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20050603202109.GA22098@gargantuan.com> References: <20050603181636.GA54906@gicco.homeip.net> <20050603191351.GA54164@ip.net.ua> <20050603202109.GA22098@gargantuan.com>
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On Jun 03 at 16:21, Michael W. Oliver spoke: > On 2005-06-03T22:13:51+0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:16:36PM +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > >> Hello, > > >> I thought it is possible to have routes to the same destination but > >> with a different metric. But I can't find how to set the metric in > >> the route manpage. > >> How is a metric for a route set? > > > We don't support that at the moment. > > yeah, ru is right, unfortunately. may i ask what you are trying to > accomplish? if you have a dynamic routing protocol that you can tap > into, zebra can manage same-prefix routes of multiple administrative > distances (not same as metric) and keep the best route in the RIB for > you at all times. I'm still not acquainted with zebra. I have a host that is connected via LAN and ISDN to the internet. I want to route everything via LAN as long as the connection works and have ISDN for a backup path. So I thought to set two default routes with different metrics. -Hanspeter
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