Running 5.9. I have x.x.141.0/25 that's directly connected. With x.x.141.0/24 reachable via bgp.
# route -n get x.x.141.13 route to: x.x.141.13 destination: x.x.141.0 mask: 255.255.255.128 interface: em3 if address: x.x.141.112 priority: 4 (connected) flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING> # ifconfig em3 down jawaka# route -n get x.x.141.13 route to: x.x.141.13 destination: 66.117.141.0 mask: 255.255.255.128 interface: em3 if address: x.x.141.112 priority: 4 (connected) flags: <DONE,CLONING> I see the UP flag is removed but it has no effect. # ping x.x.141.13 PING x.x.141.13 (x.x.141.13): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Network is down I would expect this route to be used instead: # route -n get x.x.141.0/24 route to: x.x.141.0 destination: x.x.141.0 mask: 255.255.255.0 gateway: x.x.144.154 interface: em2 if address: x.x.144.153 priority: 48 (bgp) flags: <UP,GATEWAY,DONE> I searched the archives but didn't see this specific case mentioned. Can someone enlighten me? dmo