Re: default router selection based on network topology

[itojun]

>>      from RFC2461 5.1 (conceptual data structures) I feel that the authors
>>      assumed that:
>>      - autoconfigured hosts are at the very edge of the site only
>>      - if we put a host onto a link with more than 2 routers, they will not
>>        automatically be configured, and do something tricky (like running
>>        routing daemon on hosts in receive-only mode).
>Why doesn't advertising all 3 routers (without any preferences) plus
>redirects solve this problem?

        if you pick a wrong router (like one of two downstream router)
        as the default and stick to that one, i'm afraid you will see so many
        redirects.  if redirect traffic are okay for you, i have no objection
        with your plan.

itojun
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