Hi David, I have not thought through the entire solution space, but you would need to handle the Ethernet addresses too? I suspect you can achieve the solution by changing only the controller. The solution would be cool. Hope to see someone put something out. Even a rough solution would be cool.
Regards KK On 20 September 2011 13:49, danderson415 <danderson...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see. So if I set up ARP entries statically using arp command, the ping > should work, right? > Thanks for your prompt reply. > David > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:30 AM, kk yap <yap...@stanford.edu> wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> >> AFAIK the information on the mailing list has been fairly consistent. >> The answers then to differ depending on what you mean by a basic >> router. So your confusion is understandable. >> >> If you want to "route" between two points in the network, i.e., >> inserting all the flow rules on the affected switches at one go, then >> NOX does okay as long as there is no loop. The problem with loops is >> not with routing but a broadcast storm will result due to the way >> broadcast packets are handled. >> >> If your basic router need to bridge subnets, then you are asking for a >> lot more. One important item is of course responding to ARPs >> appropriately. All of which are not implemented in the default >> distribution to the best of my knowledge. >> >> Hope this information is clear. >> >> Regards >> KK >> >> On 19 September 2011 23:38, danderson415 <danderson...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi Kok-Kiong, >> > I hope this email is not too abrupt for you. I planed to send the >> > question >> > to nox-dev@ email list. Before my subscription is approved, I would like >> > to >> > ask you as you are an expert in this area. >> > Basically I want to make OVS a basic router. Is routing component in NOX >> > distribution good enough? After search in the Internet, I get two >> > conflicting information: someone said routing is working as long as >> > there is >> > no loop; someone said routing is not working because there is no ARP >> > support >> > in OVS. Which one is right? What is the easiest way to get a functional >> > OVS >> > based router so two hosts in different subnets can ping each other? >> > Thanks a lot! >> > Best, >> > David > > _______________________________________________ nox-dev mailing list nox-dev@noxrepo.org http://noxrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/nox-dev
