[j-nsp] disappearing backup-router under 7.4?

[JAMES MCINVAILLE]

What you are probably seeing is the default action for the backup-router 
command. It is meant to be a valid route to the management interface whilst 
the router is booting and remain up until rpd starts. Once rpd starts, and 
it is one of the last processes that starts, the route is removed. This is 
meant to provide access to the router should there be a problem with rpd or 
should it not start at all.

To do what I think you are trying to do, you can add a static route in 
addition to the backup-router, so that after rpd starts you still have 
access through the same gateway.

That help?

James "Mac" McInvaille
iPath Technologies
mac at ipath.net
www.ipath.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cappuccio" <chris at nmedia.net>
To: <juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:33 AM
Subject: [j-nsp] disappearing backup-router under 7.4?


>I have a very simple base config on an M20 with 7.4R1.4
>
> It just has one group for re0 which contains a management IP address and
> backup-router.  The backup router is on the same LAN as the management
> interface.  The re0 group is activated, the root user has a password, and
> ssh is activated.  That's the entire config.
>
> When I reboot the RE, the backup-router works.  By the time I walk out of
> my co-lo and try to hit the RE remotely, it has no more default route.  It
> can only be reached from directly-connected devices.  I walk back to the 
> co-lo
> and netstat -r shows a default route that is not associated with a next 
> hop or
> gateway.  I reboot the RE again and the default route works once more, for 
> a
> short while.
>
> Am I losing my mind????  Or just missing something really simple?
>
>
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