Mika Liljeberg wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 21:14, Pekka Savola wrote:
> > Note that "metric" is a bit vague term; it has 
> significantly different 
> > implications whether it's applied before or after the 
> > longest-prefix-match.  Ie. whether it is used as a 
> sequential number 
> > in which to look for prefixes in different 
> protocol-specific routing 
> > tables or to compare among different routes of the same prefix and 
> > length.
> > 
> > In almost all cases, it's the latter.
> 
> Exactly my point. If the pseudo interface has a 2002::/16 
> on-link route, longest prefix match will home in on it 
> instead of the default route.

You are missing the point that your scenario has a 2002::/16 on-link
route on the native interface as well. Default is not an issue here.

Tony

> 
> I guess you could set the 6to4 pseudo-interface up with a 
> (high metric) default route instead, in which case any other 
> default route would take precedence and effectively disable 
> the pseudo interface.
> 
>       MikaL
> 

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