Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:36:29 -0400 From: Brent Bloxam <brentb@beanfield.com> To: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD & FIBs (setfib) - How to modify? Message-ID: <4A5F651D.9050205@beanfield.com> In-Reply-To: <4A5F61F6.8040906@gmx.com> References: <4A5F3D48.608@beanfield.com> <4A5F61F6.8040906@gmx.com>
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Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > Brent Bloxam wrote: >> The documentation on FIBs is pretty slim unless I've been looking in the >> wrong places, all I've seen are a few mentions in errata and release >> notes. setfib(1) doesn't offer much in the way of associated commands, >> and definitely doesn't explain how to actually work with a FIB. I'm >> curious if there's a command to specifically modify a FIB beyond 0, >> besides something like >> >> setfib 1 route add ... > > setfib selects the routing table for locally originated > outgoing packets. Besides locally originated packets, there > are packets arriving from the network and need to be forwarded. > These packets can be classified in a specific routing table > with the aid of ipfw. That's all there is. I can't think > of something else that needs to be thought with regard to > multiple routing tables. > > HTH, Nikos Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear. What I'm interested in is if there's a way to deal with *modifying* those other routing tables, besides using setfib as I described (e.g., you want to have a different default gateway). There would be no reason to have multiple routing tables if they're carbon copies of one another.
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