From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 22 14:17:32 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCA5816A475 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:17:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ssch@wheel.dk) Received: from freesbee.wheel.dk (freesbee.wheel.dk [IPv6:2001:6c8:1:1000::5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 126F113C468 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:17:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ssch@wheel.dk) Received: by freesbee.wheel.dk (Postfix, from userid 1011) id DD1892E3AC; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:17:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:17:30 +0200 From: Steffen Schumacher To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070822141730.GA66643@schumacher.dk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <20070822080112.GA58627@schumacher.dk> <46CC1E6E.9080701@tomjudge.com> <20070822125432.GB58627@schumacher.dk> <20070822133241.GB83613@tcbug.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070822133241.GB83613@tcbug.org> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 65A2 111C D142 3A62 8E62 8C9A 3EF2 E98F 8700 F50D X-PGP-Public-Key: http://schumacher.wheel.dk/publickey.pub X-Operating-System: FreeBSD/i386 6.2-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD as a router X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:17:32 -0000 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