RIPv2, incorrect metric changes

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Hi all,
I apologize if this topic has already been discussed on the mailing list, but I couldn't find a 
message archive to check it out. And, I apoligize for my poor English.

My problem is that the BIRD RIPv2 daemon doesn't accept a worse metric coming from the router which 
is the nexthop for that entry. I'll paste some sniffed packet to give the whole idea.
This network is very simple - 2 routers (200.0.0.1 and 200.0.0.2) with 4 interfaces each:

Frame 1 (106 bytes on wire, 106 bytes captured)
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 200.0.0.1 Dst Addr: 224.0.0.9
Routing Information Protocol
     IP Address: 200.0.6.0, Metric: 2
     IP Address: 200.0.5.0, Metric: 2
     IP Address: 200.0.4.0, Metric: 2

/*	The metric is 2.		*/



Frame 3 (106 bytes on wire, 106 bytes captured)
     Arrival Time: Jun 16, 2004 18:19:14.496397000
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 200.0.0.1 Dst Addr: 224.0.0.9
Routing Information Protocol
     IP Address: 200.0.6.0, Metric: 5
     IP Address: 200.0.5.0, Metric: 5
     IP Address: 200.0.4.0, Metric: 5

/*	Here I changed the default metric to 5. And now 200.0.0.1 begins announcing its directly 
connected networks with a metric of 5; anyway, 200.0.0.2 (whose hostname is r1) doesn't change the 
metric in its route table as you can see below:

r1:~# birdc
BIRD 1.0.6 ready.
bird> show route
127.0.0.0/8        dev lo [direct1 18:12] (240)
200.0.0.0/24       dev eth0 [direct1 18:12] (240)
200.0.1.0/24       dev eth1 [direct1 18:12] (240)
200.0.2.0/24       dev eth2 [direct1 18:12] (240)
200.0.3.0/24       dev eth3 [direct1 18:12] (240)
200.0.4.0/24       via 200.0.0.1 on eth0 [MyRIP 18:25] (120/2)  <----
200.0.5.0/24       via 200.0.0.1 on eth0 [MyRIP 18:25] (120/2)  <----
200.0.6.0/24       via 200.0.0.1 on eth0 [MyRIP 18:25] (120/2)	<----

I left the arrival time information in the second packet to let you compare it with the time 
displayed in the show route output.
Any ideas?
 
 
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