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Date:      Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:09:32 -0000
From:      Ulrich Spoerlein <q@uni.de>
To:        Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: in.c autoadding prefix route
Message-ID:  <20041111212920.GA902@galgenberg.net>
In-Reply-To: <200411112124.12616.max@love2party.net>
References:  <200411112124.12616.max@love2party.net>

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On Thu, 11.11.2004 at 21:24:05 +0100, Max Laier wrote:
> The patch allows to add more than on IPv4 address with the same prefix. I=
n the=20
> case that there is a route already, we leave it alone and add the new add=
ress=20
> without the IFA_ROUTE flag. When we remove an address later on, that has =
a=20
> route associated, we try to find an alternative address to use for the ro=
ute=20
> and hand it over.

Assume I have two computers hooked up via Ethernet and via Firewire
(if_fwe). Will this commit allow me to place all four IP addresses of
the interfaces into the same subnet and have FreeBSD re-route the
packets through Firewire if the Ethernet link goes down (or vice versa)?

Or do I need to go CARP for this to work?

Ulrich Spoerlein
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Ok, which part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
didn't you understand?

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