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Date:      Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:56:26 +0200
From:      Claudio Jeker <cjeker@diehard.n-r-g.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: forwarding when two rip defaults
Message-ID:  <20090910145626.GE23661@diehard.n-r-g.com>
In-Reply-To: <m2ljkmrhvz.wl%randy@psg.com>
References:  <m21vmfs7c0.wl%randy@psg.com> <m2ljkmrhvz.wl%randy@psg.com>

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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



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