[Xorp-users] Avoiding asynchronous routing with OSPF

James Courtier-Dutton james.dutton at gmail.com
Thu Sep 4 08:36:42 PDT 2008


On 12/08/2008, Dirk H. Schulz <dirk.schulz at kinzesberg.de> wrote:
>
> The problem I have is that packets from servers in subnet B go out via
> router2 and answers partially come back via router1. I tried to avoid this
> by setting interface costs:
> 1. The hightest interface cost is on eth1 which connects my routers
> directly (so data traffic between MY routers should be avoided).
> 2. The interface ethA without virtual ip address A (that is ethA on
> router2) has a significantly higher cost than the other; with ethB it is
> similar.
>
Do you understand the cost setting in OSPF?
The ospf cost set on an interface is the cost to SEND packets out.
The ospf cost set on an interface has no affect on incoming packets.
I only ask in case you have set the cost on the wrong end of the link.

James



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