Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:17:30 +0200 From: Steffen Schumacher <steffen@schumacher.dk> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD as a router Message-ID: <20070822141730.GA66643@schumacher.dk> In-Reply-To: <20070822133241.GB83613@tcbug.org> References: <20070822080112.GA58627@schumacher.dk> <46CC1E6E.9080701@tomjudge.com> <20070822125432.GB58627@schumacher.dk> <20070822133241.GB83613@tcbug.org>
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On 22.08.2007 08:32:41 -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote: > Steffen Schumacher wrote: > > On 22.08.2007 12:30:54 +0100, Tom Judge wrote: > > > Steffen Schumacher wrote: > > > [cut..] > > > > /Steffen > > "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it > means." > > In FreeBSD the default route is a directly connected host that it can > send packets to that it doesn't have a specific route to. It's not > going to 'figure out' a default route from a network address. > Thats how it seems to work at any rate. > There are a lot of hacks people use to get around this, some of the > are of the 'ping this ip periodically and if it goes away swap the > default route' nature. > This is definately in the 'hack' category. > You could also investigate running CARP/HSRP/VRRP/GLBP on these two gateways > so they can sit on the same IP, thus obliviating the need to change > the default route at all. > I can only run such protocols in my own end. 131.164.191.1+.2 are two PE routers owned by my ISP. They will only run bgp with the default candidate setup as described. > I've never actually tried getting FBSD to grap it's own routing > information from a routing protocol but it's possible you could go > down that route as well... > On a Cisco router this way actually works, but that doesn't help me a lot. I've borrowed a small CPE from Juniper, so I'll try to see if thats able to do it. Its also based on FreeBSD, so.. /Steffen > -- > Thanks, > > Josh Paetzel
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