Date: 23 May 2002 15:04:45 +0400 From: "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se>, Oleg Chebotarev <chebotarev@yahoo.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multi default routes in freebsd !? Message-ID: <1022151885.13506.57.camel@vbook.express.ru> In-Reply-To: <3CEC978B.EC795790@mindspring.com> References: <20020521032746.14287.qmail@web11607.mail.yahoo.com> <3CE9DD37.88DDCABC@mindspring.com> <1021965925.557.9.camel@vbook.express.ru> <3CEA0FC0.E71EC770@mindspring.com> <1021977292.24428.30.camel@vbook.express.ru> <3CEAB378.D4B7F9E@mindspring.com> <1022056574.460.30.camel@vbook.express.ru> <3CEBD9E5.58E633A@mindspring.com> <20020522192143.GA1345@skalman.campus.luth.se> <1022137336.456.8.camel@vbook.express.ru> <3CEC978B.EC795790@mindspring.com>
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=D0=92 Thu, 23.05.2002, =D0=B2 11:17, Terry Lambert =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0= =B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB: > "Vladimir B. Grebenschikov" wrote: > > =C3=B7 Wed, 22.05.2002, =C3=97 23:21, Mattias Pantzare =C3=8E=C3=81=C3= =90=C3=89=C3=93=C3=81=C3=8C: > > > Terry, FreeBSD has no support for BGP. To get BGP support you install= a > > > router daemon. That inserts routes in the routing table in the kernel= . The > > > kernel will do all packet forwarding. The kernel has to support two o= r > > > more routes to the same destination if you are going to do BGP (or OS= PF) > > > equal cost multipath. > > > > > > I am sorry but ther is no way around it, if you have two links of equ= al > > > cost and want to use both, you have to have support for that in the > > > kernel. > > > > > > There are situations where this is needed, and you do get good perfor= mance > > > from it if you have many flows. One flow should always take the same > > > path. > >=20 > > Yes! Thank you Mattias, it seems my english too bad to Terry understand > > me. Exactly this I want to say to Terry. >=20 > So there *is* a BGP deficiency -- FreeBSD can't implement something > BGP knows about. >=20 > I like the patches as they are. >=20 > It is the job of FreeBSD to provide capability, not policy. >=20 > The BGP code gets to dictate the policy when it decides how to > use the capability. >=20 > So I *still* think the patches should go in. I think it is better to discuss approach in freebsd-net before. > -- Terry --=20 Vladimir B. Grebenschikov vova@sw.ru, SWsoft, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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