A routing problem and possible solutions (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Mon, 25 Nov 1996 11:11:14 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time Marc Rouleau shaped the electrons to say...
>Ok, here's my problem and some potential solutions. We use static routing
>on our Ciscos to get packets from our OSPF backbone to the async

Would this be alleviated with OSPF on the PMs, so you don't need the static
routes?

>packets are sent to an IP address which is not currently in use. A simple
>ping generates a storm of packets as it spins into a tight loop between the
>Portmaster and its default gateway.

Yes. This has come up before. I believe there is an RFE open for a 'black
hole' route.

>Is there a better way to handle this right now?

Not really.

-MZ

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