Kernel route attributes [was: Re: source address for routes installed in routing table (on linux)]

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:04:04PM +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> bird installs routes in kernel table without any source address, so for all 
> connections initiated at that machine kernel chooses address from interface.
> 
> I'm looking for a sane way to get routes installed with specific source 
> address - basically an equivalent of "ip r a x.y.z.q/prefix via nexthop dev 
> ethX src MYIP" command.
> 
> I don't see such functionality in bird (so consider this to be a feature 
> request).

That is definitely a good idea. The question is what other kernel route
attributes are worth setting from BIRD? i found source, realms/flows,
perhaps priority, not sure about others (there are not many
resources about that). Any suggestions?

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