[Xorp-hackers] linux VRRP svn xorp

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Thu Mar 11 09:30:55 PST 2010


On 03/11/2010 08:13 AM, Eric S. Johnson wrote:

> Is/was this just unfinished code?
>
> Am I missing somewhere the Virtual address would be added to the
> VIF and something is broken in the code I can't find?
>
> Or am I miss-understanding how VRRP should work (though EVERY other
> implementation I have seen (vendor C, J, and open source vrrpd) all
> accept IP packets destined for the virtual IP address?)
>
>
> Would a correct solution be to have xorp set the virtual IP
> as a secondary IP on that VIF? If so, what would be the correct
> way to do this.. IfTreeVif::add_addr method?

It does seem that the virtual IP should be added.  The method above
sounds right, but I haven't looked at the code.

Thanks,
Ben


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