Networking help

[Kevin D. Clark]

A system with multiple default routes typically works as follows:  if
the routing code is presented with an IP datagram that is not
applicable to any other entry in the route table, then the default
routes are used, typically in a round-robin manner.

Multiple default routes are sometimes useful (I can envision certain
fault-tolerant systems using them, and systems that wish to load-share
over a given set of default routes).  

Multiple default routes are what they are.  Use them when appropiate,
else, adjust your routing table accordingly.

Any blanket assertion that "a system with multiple default routes is
broken" or "only Linux and Solaris support this" is incorrect.  If
having multiple default routes was totally illegal, the system
wouldn't let you set these up in the first place.

Regards,

--kevin
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