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