From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 10 14:56:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F25B1065670 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cjeker@diehard.n-r-g.com) Received: from diehard.n-r-g.com (diehard.n-r-g.com [62.48.3.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C54FA8FC22 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:56:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 20990 invoked by uid 1001); 10 Sep 2009 14:56:26 -0000 Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:56:26 +0200 From: Claudio Jeker To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090910145626.GE23661@diehard.n-r-g.com> Mail-Followup-To: Claudio Jeker , freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: forwarding when two rip defaults X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:56:28 -0000 On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 07:31:12AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > >> 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. > I don't want to disrupt the party but I seriously doubt that routed supports multipath routing. Routed's radix code is unable to handle multipath routes. -- :wq Claudio