Default route doesn't change to wireless device (ath0)

[John-Mark Gurney]

Jon Dama wrote this message on Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 15:13 -0700:
> > > Again, the problem is with the routing code.  You should NOT need to be
> > > deleting default routes simply because one link goes down and another
> > > comes up on a different interface.
> > >
> > > Deleting the route simply because the interface went down is a hack.
> >
> > Got a new routing implemention handy?  Until then, well have to live
> > with hacks. :(
> 
> True enough.  I think the general idea is that you need a two layer
> routing table.  One that keeps tract of what is possible, and one that
> keeps track of what is happening w.r.t existing flows.  Once an interface
> link goes down, the route in the second table invaliadates and you go back
> to the first to find a new route.

Isn't this what a routing daemon does, like routed?

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