On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 4:48 AM Mark Shuttleworth <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/11/2021 12:25, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > > Yes, it looks like a new mechanism is needed. I need to think it over, > > it's not immediately obvious how your proposed mechanism interacts with > > Babel's loop-avoidance mechanisms. (At first sight, it might cause > > persistent oscillations, at least in some topologies.) > > At least that sounds like it might be publishable! > > :) > > For now I've gone with a change to the way default routes are installed. > > - first establish if we are connected to the net > - then see if one of the preferred exit points is reachable via the net > - iff not then install a default route from here > > This depends on correctness elsewhere (it assumes that if a preferred > node is able to see the net it will also be advertising a default route > which will propagate via babel). But it seems to have survived a few > trial reboots.
I imagine you are not doing ipv6? babel's "source specific routing" has some interesting properties. > Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > Babel-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users -- I tried to build a better future, a few times: https://wayforward.archive.org/?site=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icei.org Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
