From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gypsy Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 20:57:48 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] Re: equal-cost multipath in 2.6.7 Message-Id: <4298DBE4.AB567F3C@iswest.com> List-Id: References: <5f1365705052708455f48a14e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5f1365705052708455f48a14e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org Darshan Purohit wrote: > > Sending out this question again. > > On 5/24/05, Darshan Purohit wrote: > > I have question about multipath routing. I am running a 2.6.7 kernel (gentoo). > > I have a route with three nexthops on the same interface. I see a > > different nexthop being picked for different destination addresses. > > All is fine. > > > > Now if one of the nexthop goes down (arp entry times out and arp > > request doesnt get a response), does it remove the nexthop from > > contention and only use the remaining two from this point on ? What > > about the flows for which this nexthop was chosen in the recent past. > > Would they move to a different nexthop ? > > > > Can anyone please point me to implementation details about how a > > nexthop is chosen and what is the algorithm used in case of multipath > > routes and how to fine-tune the behaviour. > > > > Thanks. > > Darshan. I suggest you ask Julian Anastasov: http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/ -- gypsy _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc