Fwd: cloning direct routes into another routing table

Martin Kraus martin.kraus at wujiman.net
Tue Jan 29 12:44:18 CET 2013


On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:33:05AM +0100, Gustav Koller wrote:
> I suspect that this is intentional behavior (kernel protocol rejecting
> routes from direct protocol) as it doesn't make much sense adding
> direct routes to the kernel in scenarios with a single default/main
> routing table.
> But in my case that's what I need. Is there a workaround to make this work?

hi.
from the documentation:

... the export of device routes from BIRD tables to kernel routing tables is
restricted to prevent accidental interference. This restriction can be
disabled using **device routes** switch. 

However I did not try it myself so it all theoretical.

mk



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