On Mikrotiks, I normally just disable the network that I want to take down in the ospf config, and it re-routes almost instantly.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Darin Steffl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > In our OSPF network, when I need to route traffic from our primary link to > a backup link, it is taking 20-30 seconds for traffic to shift to the > backup link. The method I'm using to do this is by setting the primary link > interface in OSPF to "Passive". The second I set this, traffic stops on the > primary link but I don't see the traffic shift to the next best cost link > for 20-30 seconds. I figured that as soon as I set an interface to Passive, > the traffic would shift immediately instead of having that delay. > > Is there a better way to take down an OSPF path so traffic shifts to the > next lowest cost link immediately instead of having this delay? I know I > could change cost on both sides so it shifts seamlessly and I've done this > but I'm trying to find out why my way now isn't working right. I'm doing > this to upgrade software without customers seeing any downtime but there is > and I'm frustrated trying to figure it out. > > Thanks > > -- > Darin Steffl > Minnesota WiFi > www.mnwifi.com > 507-634-WiFi > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >
