Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 06:44:15 -1000 From: Ryan Mooney <ryan@pcslink.com> To: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multipath Routing Message-ID: <20030801164415.GA62005@pcslink.com> In-Reply-To: <200307312109.12903.michael@gargantuan.com> References: <200307312109.12903.michael@gargantuan.com>
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Better yet would be equal cost multi-path, since the code to solve that should (mostly) be able to handle the general case :) ryan@speaks.without.putting.up.the.code.com :) Content-Description: signed data > [this was posted under another thread, so I am reposting as a new thread to > hopefully generate some responses. thanks.] > > I am no programmer, so forgive my ignorance in that respect, but why can't a > metric be used to differentiate routes to the same destination network > within the routing table? I happened to be googling and found: > > http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=3878 > > which describes a patch to -STABLE that does exactly what I am talking > about. > > Is there any reason why this shouldn't be implemented by default in the OS? > I am not being critical of the FreeBSD operating system by any means, just > curious. > > Personally, I would very much like the ability of Zebra to feed the kernel > the same route via multiple gateways, differentiating those routes by > metric value. > > Comments? > > -- > +-------------------------------------+------------------------------+ > | Michael W. Oliver, CCNP | "The tree of liberty must be | > | IPv6 & FreeBSD mark | refreshed from time to time | > | michael@gargantuan.com | with the blood of patriots | > | http://michael.gargantuan.com/ | and tyrants." | > | ASpath-tree, Looking Glass, etc. | - President Thomas Jefferson | > | +------------------------------+ > | gpg key - http://michael.gargantuan.com/gnupg/pubkey.asc | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > -- >-=-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-=-< Ryan Mooney ryan@pcslink.com <-=-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-=->
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