[Olsr-dev] brainstorming for new feature - HNA routes read from the kernel

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I mean "share my default routes", not all routes.  0.0.0.0/0 only.

.hc

On 02/25/2013 02:38 PM, Henning Rogge wrote:
> "Share my routes to the mesh" would be a dangerous switch... maybe
> something like "export routing table X" could work, as long as its not
> the routing table OLSRd writes its own routes into.
> 
> Henning Rogge
> 
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner
> <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>>
>> I was under the impression that the dyn_gw plugin did something like that.
>> I'd like to see a very simple version of this, something like "share my routes
>> to the internet" true/false.  Then if true, it would announce the routes via
>> HNA, and false, ignore them.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On 02/25/2013 01:58 PM, Saverio Proto wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> this email is about implementing a new feature that I like because I
>>> experienced it in babeld.
>>>
>>> in babeld you dont configure HNA networks in the config file, you tell
>>> babel to redistribute routes from the kernel that match a specific
>>> protocol (for example static). There are also filters to prevent
>>> distribution of stuff you dont want to distribute.
>>>
>>> I find this approach much more flexible and dynamic of the one we have
>>> now, with HNA fixed in the configuration file and immutable unless a
>>> demon restart.
>>>
>>> I think porting this feature to olsrd is a must, and we can reuse some
>>> babeld code :)
>>>
>>> Also, this could be a task for a GSoC 2013 student ?
>>>
>>> This is just brainstorming at the moment.
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> Saverio
>>>
>>
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