From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Giampaolo Tomassoni" Subject: R: 2.6.20 and multipath routing Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 00:49:39 +0200 Message-ID: <004201c79355$7e65ea20$7b31be60$@biz> References: <003d01c79349$60da1870$228e4950$@biz> <46439FB8.8000502@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Return-path: Received: from smtp-out3.libero.it ([212.52.84.43]:43634 "EHLO smtp-out3.libero.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754722AbXEJWtI (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 May 2007 18:49:08 -0400 Received: from localhost (172.31.0.49) by smtp-out3.libero.it (7.3.120) id 4611FE5E025460D1 for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 00:49:07 +0200 Received: from smtp-out4.libero.it ([172.31.0.40]) by localhost (asav-out8.libero.it [192.168.32.36]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Yn1NUIUjkgmz for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 00:49:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from famiglio (151.72.93.43) by smtp-out4.libero.it (7.3.120) id 4611FEBC034AD4A4 for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 00:49:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: <46439FB8.8000502@redhat.com> Content-Language: it Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Chuck Ebbert [mailto:cebbert@redhat.com] > > Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: > > > > default src 1.2.1.6 > > nexthop via 1.2.2.254 dev atm0 weight 1 > > nexthop via 1.1.2.254 dev atm1 weight 1 > > > > When I tried this I found that weight 1 didn't work -- all traffic > went out one interface until I changed both weights to 50. I experienced the same until I discovered that I actually had to "modprobe" multipath_rr first: Nothing did tell me that the mpath algorithm I specified wasn't available... > And on ethernet, I had to have static ARP entries or the kernel > would ARP on one interface, and if it didn't get a reply in less > than one microsecond it would immediately go to the second > interface. Sorry, but I didn't try this over ethernet. I can't help here. Giampaolo