From: Pavel Machek Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 11:22:43 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Better description of how route is selected. X-Git-Tag: v1.2.0~832 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=98627595fb4223991d60f809bbeac98cf34aabfb;p=thirdparty%2Fbird.git Better description of how route is selected. --- diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 4475d0f1e..9a0251857 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ configuration primitives, <cf> is fragment of configuration within normal About routing tables

Bird has one or more routing tables. Each routing table contains -list of known routes. Each route has certain attributes, most important -is prefix of network this route is for. Routing table maintains more -than one entry for network, but at most one entry for one network and -one protocol. The entry with biggest preference is used for -routing. You can get list of route attributes in "Route attributes" +list of known routes. Each route has certain attributes, most +important is prefix of network this route is for. Routing table +maintains more than one entry for network, but at most one entry for +one network and one protocol. The entry with biggest preference is +used for routing. If there are more entries with same preference and +they are from same protocol, protocol decides (typically according to +metrics). You can get list of route attributes in "Route attributes" section in filters. Configuration @@ -109,9 +111,12 @@ protocol rip { log " set logging of classes (either all or