From 98627595fb4223991d60f809bbeac98cf34aabfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Machek Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 11:22:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Better description of how route is selected. --- doc/bird.sgml | 21 +++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 4475d0f1..9a025185 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