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Date:      Sat, 09 May 1998 10:02:03 -0600
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        randal@comtest.com
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
Subject:   Re: Have I left something out?
Message-ID:  <35547DFB.950E6F33@softweyr.com>
References:  <199805071926.JAA03049@oldyeller.comtest.com>

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Randal S. Masutani wrote:
> Well is supposed to work that way.  If you down the interface 10.0.1.6 then by
> definition that host is down.  Host 10.0.1.1 cannot get to 10.0.1.6 by
> any other route, other than by its own interface 10.0.1.1 for network 10.0.1.0.
> What you are asking is that Host 10.0.1.1 redirect its interface for net
> 10.0.1.0 to route thru 10.0.2.1.  This is not possible.

Not only is it possible, it's perfectly reasonable.  TCP/IP was designed
to route around network failures of this sort.  It works marvelously on
Xylan switches, if you have XOS 3.1.7.G or 3.2.3.>=10.  ;^)

-- 
       "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com

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