| Title: | DIGITAL UNIX (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1) |
| Notice: | Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference |
| Moderator: | SMURF::DENHAM |
| Created: | Thu Mar 16 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 10068 |
| Total number of notes: | 35879 |
Is it true that,under Digital Unix 3.2x and 4.0x, the route entries created by a redirect will not timeout? Then, does it mean that when a reverse failure occurs, or when a better path come up which is not that previously learned redirect route, then this old redirect route will not be replaced by a new redirect? Does it result what is shown up as increasing counter value of 'bad routing redirects' in 'netstat -rs' ? If it is true, a bug or design issue? Any suggestion or hints? -feynman [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
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| 9549.1 | no timeout | SMURF::DUSTIN | Fri Apr 18 1997 14:55 | 12 | |
Yes, it is true, redirects do not time out, they stay in the
routing table forever.
I haven't tried redirecting a redirected route, so I'm not sure
if they pile up, or if they get replaced when they are "updated".
I would hope they are updated.
Do you have evidence of multiple redirects piling up and becoming
replicated?
John
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| 9549.2 | may need to do some experiment... | NNTPD::"[email protected]" | Feynman lo | Sat Apr 19 1997 07:08 | 9 |
Thanks for the reply. I think the situation may even worse such that Digital Unix simply ignores the new redirects and stick to the old ones. - feynman [Posted by WWW Notes gateway] | |||||
| 9549.3 | alphy.lkg.dec.com::thomas | The Code Warrior | Sat Apr 19 1997 09:39 | 3 | |
Digital UNIX will obey the new redirects (That's how the M bit gets set in the netstat -r display) but only if they come from the gateway that you were redirected to. | |||||