[Xorp-users] Ospf imports with the wrong metric into the kernel

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Wed Dec 10 14:32:13 PST 2014


On 12/07/2014 10:24 PM, Ian Coetzee wrote:
> Good day to all,
> 
> We have started using xorp as a replacement for bird for the ospf on
> our servers however we have noticed an interesting phenomenon.
> 
> Any routes imported via ospf gets a kernel metric < 110 which is a
> breach of the protocol. I have defined an import policy to
> automagically change it to the right metric but maybe there is just a
> config rule that I am just missing?
> 
> This is a pastebin with all the gory details http://pastebin.com/Lhjk5qJA

You specified the policy in Xorp?  I didn't see it in the pastebin.

Either way, if doing a policy works, then I would just do that unless someone
has time to dig into the code and figure out how to have it choose better
defaults.

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com



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