From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Ebbert Subject: Re: 2.6.20 and multipath routing Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:42:00 -0400 Message-ID: <46439FB8.8000502@redhat.com> References: <003d01c79349$60da1870$228e4950$@biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Giampaolo Tomassoni Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:48988 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756904AbXEJWmF (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 May 2007 18:42:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <003d01c79349$60da1870$228e4950$@biz> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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. 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.