[Olsr-dev] Short netmask lenghts

[Teco Boot]

Hi Henning,

I used also the /1 for a while.
Now I want to add /2. So I'll have 3 def.gw prio's (/0, /1 and /2).

Linux has problems with multiple, independent same routes (0/0 to different next_hops, maintained independently). 
Now I use different metrics:
 metric=0    # DHCP from eth1
 metric=1    # from ppp ip-up / ip-down scripts
 metric=2    # from olsrd
We run daemon promoting the def.gw to /1 or /2, with some policies (satcom, adsl or 3G, signal quality).
The dyn_gw is adjusted for handling metrics 0 _and_ 1.

But since this update, we experience problems with the functions in ipcalc.
I guess the limitation was there for a long time.
(I can't decode this piece of C myself, Caspar told me the functions don't work for shorter than /8)

We can adjust the ipcalc functions and try to get things stable.

Teco

Op 9 aug 2010, om 17:14 heeft Henning Rogge het volgende geschreven:

> Am Montag 09 August 2010, 17:10:07 schrieb Teco Boot:
>> We use very short netmask lengths (/1, /2), for priority def.gws.
>> Functions ipcalc.c prefix_to_netmask and netmask_to_prefix do not support
>> this. We can adjust, but are there side effects?
>> Rationale for not supporting it?
> Why should they not support this ?
> 
> I know they are using a 0.0.0.0/1 HNA4 in Vienna...
> 
> Henning Rogge
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