In all cases, I'd appreciate a detailed description of the exact use case we are trying to solve. We may then come up with an appropriate solution, a workaround or a well-defined feature request.
Thank you for your understanding. Maria On 11 February 2024 09:30:50 GMT-05:00, Alexander Zubkov via Bird-users <[email protected]> wrote: >Maybe not random, but some sorta hash will be useful here? And it >should not break the invariant mentioned by Maria. But for the hash we >still need some means to convert IP addresses to integer numbers, >because including IP into the hash seems to be reasonable. > >On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 3:12 PM Max Tulyev <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In our case no. We use the route reflector, so it should export the random >> route to other routers, not just use it by itself. >> >> On Sun, 11 Feb 2024 08:55:02 -0500 >> "Darren O'Connor" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Isn't this a problem for multipath/add path to fix? >> > >> > On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 08:43 Max Tulyev <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Yes, that's correct. I have same routes come from different routers, and >> > > I >> > > want to spread the traffic between them, but if one router fails - keep >> > > it >> > > working using anothers. >> > > >> > > Okay, is it possible to get the variable as the result of the shell >> > > script? Like >> > > >> > > localpref = `cat prefpeer` >> > > >> > > On Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:04:18 +0800 >> > > Brandon Zhi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > > I think the only usage for random number is for loading balance. >> > > > >> > > > *Brandon Zhi* >> > > > HUIZE LTD >> > > > www.huize.asia <https://huize.asia/>| www.ixp.su | Twitter >> > > > >> > > > This e-mail and any attachments or any reproduction of this e-mail in >> > > > whatever manner are confidential and for the use of the addressee(s) >> > > only. >> > > > HUIZE LTD can’t take any liability and guarantee of the text of the >> > > > email >> > > > message and virus. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Maria Matejka via Bird-users <[email protected]>于2024年2月11日 >> > > 周日06:03写道： >> > > > >> > > > > Hello! >> > > > > >> > > > > No, it's not possible and it makes the filters non-deterministic >> > > > > which >> > > > > would break a critical invariant in BIRD's internal algorithms. >> > > > > >> > > > > If you better clarify what you are trying to achieve, we may find >> > > another >> > > > > way for you to do it, or at least convert it to a viable feature >> > > request. >> > > > > >> > > > > Thank you for your understanding >> > > > > Maria >> > > > > On 2024-02-10 20:56, Max Tulyev wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > Hi All, >> > > > > >> > > > > is it possible to add a random number to some variable in the filter? >> > > > > >> > > > > For example, like this: >> > > > > >> > > > > filter myfilter >> > > > > { >> > > > > if net ~ 192.168.11.0/24 then preference = preference + >> > > random(10); >> > > > > >> > > > > ... >> > > > > >> > > > > -- >> > > > > Maria Matejka (she/her) | BIRD Team Leader | CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- Maria Matejka (she/her) | BIRD Team Leader | CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o.
