[Olsr-dev] drop routes with default-gw

Clemens Hopfer (spam-protected)
Mon Feb 11 18:32:52 CET 2008


hi,

there should be no problem, default gateway is always the next hop, so
if there are more default gateways the olsrd should take the one with
the lowest metric.

cu,
Clemens


Joe Gio schrieb:
> Will this work correctly with multiple gateways to the "backbone"
> running quagga and a fragmented manet ?
>
> Joe Gio
>
>
> Clemens Hopfer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I came across the idea of dropping the scope link route for the whole
>> subnet on the wireless interface and then add the defaut route and only
>> these routes, which differ from the default-gateway.
>>
>> If the router itself announces a default gateway, this shouldn't be
>> done, so that Packets to IPs, which can't be reached don't loop or go
>> through the internet connection.
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
>> I think this is a good method to keep the routes in the kernel low and
>> the windows-machines will also like it ;-)
>>
>> cu,
>> datacop
>>
>>
>>   
>





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