[hipl-users] Re: HIP mobility testings

  • From: Miika Komu <miika@xxxxxx>
  • To: HIPL Users <hipl-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:35:33 +0200 (EET)

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Simon Schuetz wrote:

> > - base exchange is established between eth0-eth0 (public 3ffe::xx
> >   addresses)
> > - a data flow is (nc or whatever app) established between the hosts
> > - there is only one ethernet cable between the laptops.
> > - the ethernet cable is between oops:eth0 and crash:eth0
> > - oops:eth0 is configured down and the cable is moved to eth1
> > - eth1 is then configured up and data flows again
>
> Which IP did you use for the eth1? Same network or different network?

The same network.

> I think the difference is, that you have a direct connection to the
> peer. Therefore, the routing table is updated automatically as you bring
> up the interface eth1. In my scenario, only the route TO the router is
> setup automatically, but the router is NOT automatically the default
> router (to reach the peer). So the peer is only reachable after an
> manual update (or dynamically through router advertisements) of the
> routing table.

Yes, you're correct. And it's not the task of HIP to update routes, so
this has to be done some other way.

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Miika Komu              miika@xxxxxx          http://www.iki.fi/miika/

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