Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:11:10 +0200 From: Oliver Brandmueller <ob@e-Gitt.NET> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advanced routing option Message-ID: <20071024101110.GC55032@e-Gitt.NET> In-Reply-To: <471F0422.5080800@interazioni.it> References: <471F0422.5080800@interazioni.it>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi, On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 10:36:50AM +0200, tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote: > I'm using FreeBSD and Monowall in the most of my servers. > > One limit I'm facing on both is the lack of an advanced routing feature. > > Would be too complicated to modify "route" sources (and probably kernel > tables) implementing a FROM parameter in ADD command? > > route add 0.0.0.0/0 210.10.10.1 > route add FROM 200.1.1.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 210.10.10.10 > route add FROM 200.1.2.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 210.10.11.11 > > A FROM option would improve a lot routing capabilities and handling of > multiple WAN connections. > > Any comment? It's quite easy and very flexible to use for example pf for that. This is actually a lot more flexible than doing that in routing tables. I see no reason to blow up the efficient and well working routing framework for an edge case which can be handled easily by existing tools. - Oliver -- | Oliver Brandmueller | Offenbacher Str. 1 | Germany D-14197 Berlin | | Fon +49-172-3130856 | Fax +49-172-3145027 | WWW: http://the.addict.de/ | | Ich bin das Internet. Sowahr ich Gott helfe. | | Eine gewerbliche Nutzung aller enthaltenen Adressen ist nicht gestattet! | [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHHxo+iqtMdzjafykRAo5TAKCrCWn5rY48X1soRbEeOIX+8OkUNACePWAo lS7Uo+HXRApt8JNVvrhV1w0= =s7oc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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