[154212] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Question about Martians on Vyatta
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Pitcock)
Thu Jun 28 12:14:00 2012
From: William Pitcock <nenolod@systeminplace.net>
In-Reply-To: <6244CA0E5130B349820CA2E8B24DC262537F1B46@VA3DIAXVSC31.RED001.local>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:12:49 -0500
To: Eric Germann <egermann@limanews.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Hi,
On Jun 28, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Eric Germann <egermann@limanews.com> =
wrote:
> Well, I did when I checked them shortly after I saw the log messages.
>=20
> Wondering now if the routes for those bounced and in the "middle" of =
the bounce, they're considered martian.
Yes, that sounds reasonable. Anything that is returned on an interface =
which doesn't match what it should be in the routing table would also be =
considered "martian" if routing table entries apply to specific =
interfaces.
Are you running BGP with a default route? That might be causing it as =
Linux network stack prefers more specific entries, so if you're getting =
a bounce over a different interface...
William
