On 20/02/14 09:54, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> The routing protocol is known to have problems when a node suddenly
> disappears. A received OGM is what triggers updates to the metric. If
> you stop receiving OGMs the metric is no longer updated until the node
> is purged as dead. This for example causes problems with
> nomadic/mobile nodes. They can go around a corner, loss line of sight,
> but still be considered the best route until purged as dead.

But if you keep receiving OGMs via another neighbour you will have a
route switch *before* the old nexthop is considered as dead.


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Antonio Quartulli

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