[hobbit] Route Question

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Mon Dec 1 19:47:30 CET 2008


My money says it would work as expected.  To be sure simply set a static arp
entry for 10.30.30.30, switch2 and 10.20.20.20, rtr1.  You should see the
router go red and the switch go yellow.

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On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Geoff Hallford <geoff.hallford at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone know if the route tag in bb-hosts "chains"? I am trying to
> configure the route dependencies the best way possible. Would this work?
>
> Example:
> -----------------------------
> Host is HostA and the path to HostA is RTR1,STCH2,RTR3.
>
> bb-hosts Example (What I want to do):
> -----------------------------
> 10.20.20.21 HOBBIT
> 10.20.20.20 RTR1
> 10.30.30.30 SWCH2 route:RTR1
> 10.40.40.40 RTR3 route:SWCH2
> 10.40.40.41 HostA route:RTR3
>
> So that if say SWCH2 goes down, I won't get alerts for RTR3 or HostA
> (because the dependency "chains" from RTR3, to SWCH2 ....
>
> OR, do I have to do it like the following (whole path, each time):
>
> bb-hosts Example (What I don't really want to do but should work no matter
> what):
> -----------------------------
> 10.20.20.21 HOBBIT
> 10.20.20.20 RTR1
> 10.30.30.30 SWCH2 route:RTR1
> 10.40.40.40 RTR3 route:RTR1,SWCH2
> 10.40.40.41 HostA route:RTR1,SWCH2,RTR3
>
> Thanks! I don't have a test network device to try this, which is why I am
> asking.
>
> Geoff Hallford
>
> 'Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.' --Yogi Berra
>
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