Re: [Xen-users] network-bridge script and the ip route list command

["Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Amundson wrote:
> On 12/28/06, pete hilton <saruman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>                I have got xen 3.0.3 (built from source download from
>> xensource) running on my linux box (Slackware 11 distribution).
>>
>> When the network-bridge script runs, it first of all issues "ip route
>> list"
>> and then parses the "default" line to pick up the last word.
>>
>> The ip command in my distribution gives the following:-
>>
>> default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  metric 1
>>
>> which naturally results in a vifnum of 1 instead of 0.
>>
>> Is this a bug in the script or is my "ip" command different from the
>> norm?
> 
> Your "ip" command is different, at least from my Redhat and Fedora
> distros...
> default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0
> 
> Though I would think no distro should implement a metric on a default
> route, you could file a xen bug on the script to use the word after
> "dev", not the last one...
> 
> jerry
> 
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If you have two default routes with one over a higher cost path, why
wouldn't you want a higher metric?

-- 
Christopher G. Stach II


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