Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:10:35 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> Cc: delphij@delphij.net, Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why default route is not installed last? Message-ID: <521B9A1B.7080908@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B7WWSfN1PJ-9h2Z6YtLvO7_yv4vESf4beY4RzyvpW-unkdLkg@mail.gmail.com> References: <521670FF.6080407@delphij.net> <20130826.203744.2304902117196747104.hrs@allbsd.org> <CA%2B7WWSfN1PJ-9h2Z6YtLvO7_yv4vESf4beY4RzyvpW-unkdLkg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8/26/13 7:56 PM, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> wrote >> in <521670FF.6080407@delphij.net>: >> >> de> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> de> Hash: SHA512 >> de> >> de> Hi, >> de> >> de> I've noticed that we do not install default route last (after other >> de> static routes). I think we should probably install it last, since the >> de> administrator may legitimately configure a static route (e.g. this >> de> IPv6 address goes to this interface) that is required by the default >> de> route. >> >> Do you have an example? I could imagine some theoretically but >> personally think that the default route which depends on a static >> route is one which should be avoided. >> >> -- Hiroki > Isn't that the case when the default gateway address is on a different > subnet than the address assigned to the interface? Such set ups are > admittedly odd but they should be possible on FreeBSD as well as on > other OSes. That has always been specifically not supported. default route needs to be directly attached. in fact the routing tables only ever deliver the 'next hop' > > -Kimmo > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >
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