[LARTC] A complicated routing scenario (for me at least)

[Arthur van Leeuwen arthurvl@sci.kun.nl]

<PRE>On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Andrew wrote:

&gt;<i> Hey, I'm working on the rules and routes to implement what I've been talking
</I>&gt;<i> about, and I've got a small question about the ip rule add.
</I>
&gt;<i> I'm trying to add a blackhole route, and ip rule add seems to insist that I
</I>&gt;<i> provide a lookup table with the route.
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> For instance If I execute the command:
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> &quot;ip rule add from 0.0.0.0/0 type blackhole.&quot;
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> when I look at what it did with &quot;ip rule ls&quot; I see
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> &quot;from all lookup main blackhole&quot;
</I>
Try using   ip rule add priority 256 from 0.0.0.0/0 type blackhole

Doei, Arthur. (There's some hints as to the priority being required in the
               IP command reference)

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