From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 22:58:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D705716A417 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:58:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petri@helenius.fi) Received: from silver.he.iki.fi (helenius.fi [193.64.42.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DDC413C44B for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:58:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petri@helenius.fi) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by silver.he.iki.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8D47BBFE; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:38:53 +0200 (EET) Received: from silver.he.iki.fi ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (silver.he.iki.fi [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OYlc5l75FAJT; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:38:48 +0200 (EET) Received: from [193.64.42.204] (dyn204.helenius.fi [193.64.42.204]) by silver.he.iki.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:38:47 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <476062F8.3020109@helenius.fi> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:38:48 +0200 From: Petri Helenius User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer References: <476061FD.8050500@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <476061FD.8050500@elischer.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Net Subject: Re: bikeshed for all! X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:58:53 -0000 How about routing domain or forwarding domain? Pete Julian Elischer wrote: > So, I'm playing with some multiple routing table support.. > the first version is a minimal impact version with very limited > functionality. > It's done that way so I can put it in RELENG_6/7 without breaking ABIs > (I hope). > Later there will be a more flexible version for-current. > > Here's the question.. > > I need a word to use to describe the network view one is currently on.. > e.g. if you are usinghe second routing table, you could say I've set > xxx to 1 > (0 based).. > > > current;y in my code I'm using 'universe' but I don't like that.. > > one could think of it as a routing plane.. > each routing plane has he same interfaces on it but they are logically > treated differently becasue each plane has a different routing table. > > > so here's an axample of it in use now... > the names should change... > > setuniverse 1 netstat -rn > [shows table 1] > setuniverse 2 route add 10.0.0.0/24 192.168.2.1 > setuinverse 1 route add 10.0.0.0/24 192.168.3.1 > setuniverse 2 route -n get 10.0.0.3 > [shows 192.168.2.1] > setuniverse 1 route -n get 10.0.0.3 > [shows 192.168.3.1] > setuniverse 2 start_apache > [appache starts, always using 192.168.2.1 to reach the 10.0.0 net. > > > also the syscall is setuniverse() > > so, you see I really need a better name.... > setrtab? > > rtab? rtbl? > > and the command should be called "????" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >