Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:53:12 +0100 (CET) From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: andre@freebsd.org Cc: melifaro@FreeBSD.org, net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] interface routes Message-ID: <20130307.085312.41695129.sthaug@nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: <51384443.5070209@freebsd.org> References: <513834E4.7050203@FreeBSD.org> <51384443.5070209@freebsd.org>
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> This brings up a long standing sore point of our routing code > which this patch makes more pronounced. When an interface link > state is down I don't want the route to it to persist but to > become inactive so another path can be chosen. This the very > point of running a routing daemon. So on the link-down event > the installed interface routes should be removed from the routing > table. The configured addresses though should persist and the > interface routes re-installed on a link-up event. What's your > opinion on it? Yes please! This is what I take for granted on my routers. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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