On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Hiroki Sato <h...@freebsd.org> wrote: > Xin Li <delp...@delphij.net> wrote > in <521670ff.6080...@delphij.net>: > > de> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > de> Hash: SHA512 > de> > de> Hi, > de> > de> I've noticed that we do not install default route last (after other > de> static routes). I think we should probably install it last, since the > de> administrator may legitimately configure a static route (e.g. this > de> IPv6 address goes to this interface) that is required by the default > de> route. > > Do you have an example? I could imagine some theoretically but > personally think that the default route which depends on a static > route is one which should be avoided. > > -- Hiroki
Isn't that the case when the default gateway address is on a different subnet than the address assigned to the interface? Such set ups are admittedly odd but they should be possible on FreeBSD as well as on other OSes. -Kimmo _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
