Linux-Hams archive - July 1997: Re: Interface's network address routing

Re: Interface's network address routing

Terry Dawson (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Fri, 04 Jul 1997 08:20:26 +1000


Mike Bilow wrote:

> It is bad practice to allow these implicit routes to be established
> automatically when RSPF is in use, since there is no way to set the metric in
> such cases. There should certainly be no prohibition against issuing the
> "route add" explicitly, however.

I recall that the local routes are created with a very high metric (max?)
by default and that you are able to change the metric with which they are
created at ifconfig time.

Terry

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