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Date:      Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:03:39 +0800
From:      Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>
To:        D <donatas.gendvilas@telecom.lt>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: alternative routing - deadlock?
Message-ID:  <43E4279B.20200@alphaque.com>
In-Reply-To: <069601c628c6$598ac4a0$4f6510ac@in.telecom.lt>
References:  <069601c628c6$598ac4a0$4f6510ac@in.telecom.lt>

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On 02/03/06 21:32 D said the following:
> on freebsd box such a simple situation(see below) seems to be pretty complicated:
> 
> 
> ISP1[10.10.10.1][1Mbps]<-------------------->[ME-em0][10.10.10.10]
> ISP2[11.11.11.1][8Mbps]---------------------->[ME-em1][11.11.11.11]
> default route 10.10.10.1
> 
> any traffic "from ME to ISP2" will fail or will be redirected via ISP1.

what exactly does 'netstat -rn' show ?

> alternative routing function should allow us to add another static route:
> default route 11.11.11.1

freebsd doesnt yet support multiple default routes, though you could use 
something like CARP and pf to implement some sort of load 
balancing/redundant link architecture.

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