Linux-Hams archive - July 1997: Re: confusion over routing with rspf

Re: confusion over routing with rspf

David C. Brown N2RJT (fwmuhpsl.uwojno@cedarcrest.edu)
Wed, 2 Jul 1997 17:35:31 -0400

Terry Dawson wrote:
>Simon J Mudd wrote:
>
>> This is something Julian, who has configured ea4rct, has pointed out, and
>> he suggested that maybe this is a bug in the linux kernel routing algorithm.
>> This sounds worrying, and a glaring mistake like this should have been found
>> and corrected a long time ago. That or something else is happening.
>
>It's unlikely to have anything to do with the kernel routing implementation.
>All of the table manipulation occurs from user space.
>
>I've noticed other related sorts of issues with rspfd use on my system.
>I think Craig just needs to take a look at the policy he has adopted for
>determining when to replace an existing route.

Are you perhaps running ax25rtd? That adds routes automatically too,
but it is VERY incompatible with RSPF.

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