[hobbit] Route Question

[Josh Luthman]

Thank you very much for documenting that here =)

Josh Luthman
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Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer


On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Geoff Hallford <geoff.hallford at gmail.com>wrote:

> It works as you thought and I hoped. Thanks. It will chain.
>
> 'Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.' --Yogi Berra
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Geoff Hallford <geoff.hallford at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Perfect, thanks. I just need someone's confirmation. I will disable
>> alerting later Today and give it a shot. I will let the list know, so that
>> other can know as well.
>>
>> I think that should probably be added to the bb-hosts man page for the
>> "route:" tag, since it doesn't explain that this can work and is much better
>> to do.
>>
>> Geoff.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
>>> --- Henry Spencer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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