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Subject: Re: forwarding when two rip defaults
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>> say i run routed and receive rip default from two routers, on the same
>> local ether.  what is the forwarding?  i presume it's not smart enough
>> to balance flows.  i hope not alternating packets.  clue, please?
> Unless you have RADIX_MPATH in your kernel (with a recent FreeBSD, ie:
> 8.0) it'll choose one at random

aha!  that was the clue.  docs are a bit thin, still looking.  but thank
you.

randy