Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the clarrification,

On 25/10/2011 16:30, Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:

4.6.  ds_mark_dst("s")

Mark the last used address from destination set as inactive ("i"/"I"/"0"), active ("a"/"A"/"1") or probing ("p"/"P"/"2"). With this function, an automatic detection of failed gateways can be implemented. When an address is marked as inactive or probing, it will be ignored by 'ds_select_dst' and 'ds_select_domain'.


Above is the part that is a little misleading, it says that

"When an address is marked as inactive or probing, it will be ignored by 'ds_select_dst' and 'ds_select_domain'."

This, to me, means that if a gateway is in probing mode (Active-Probing) then it wont be selected in the destination set because it is in probing mode, if this is not the case then maybe the above line should read:

"When an address is marked as inactive or inactive-probing, it will be ignored by 'ds_select_dst' and 'ds_select_domain'."

This brings me to my next question then, how would I set the state of a destination to Inactive-Probing (state: IP) from the routing script. The ds_mark_dst() function only allows one of "a", "i", "p".

If I do a ds_mark_dst("i"), then the state changes to "IX", Inactive with no probing to tell when gateway is back up.

If I do a ds_mark_dst("i") and then right after ds_mark_dst("p"), a log is printed saying that you cannot put a destination into probing state when it is marked as inactive.

Is it possible to set the state of a gateway to inactive-probing from the routing script?

Thanks