[c-nsp] How to bring one link down if another related link goes down

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, John Neiberger wrote:

> That may be the best idea I've seen. It wouldn't even be necessary for 
> it to bring the links back up automatically. If one link goes down, 
> we're going to need to do a lot of careful troubleshooting before we 
> bring it up, so a manual restoration process would be best.

I recommend changing the metric of the routing protocol of the link 
instead of shutting it down. Set it to a very high value indicating the 
link is "a last resort". Do it at both ends.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se