From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Clark Subject: route cache flush?? Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:59:10 -0500 Message-ID: <4F2BF63E.1@earthlink.net> Reply-To: sclark46@earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Linux Kernel Network Developers Return-path: Received: from elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.69]:60524 "EHLO elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756164Ab2BCO7L (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:59:11 -0500 Received: from [69.22.83.66] (helo=joker.seclark.com) by elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1RtKbW-0005wz-Ui for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:59:10 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, I have been beating my head against the wall for 2 days trying to figure why when I change a route and do a "ip route flush cache" it still takes up to a minute for packets to start using the new route. Is there a step I am missing? kernel is 2.6.32 -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)