60Chapter 2: EIU messaging protocols

Routing tables

The IP routing table structure is briefly explained here. The knowledge of IP routing tables is critical in understanding SuperNode IP routing issues.

The SuperNode IP routing information is organized locally on all hosts in two separate tables. One table determines a routeset from a given destination IP address. An example of this table is shown in table 3. A second table is used to determine the actual next hop IP address from the routeset derived from the first table. An example of this table is shown in table 4.

Table 3 IP routing table

Destination

Subnet Mask

Routeset

Type of Route

Subnet

 

 

 

 

 

47.12.0.0

255.255.240.0

{1, 0, 0, 0, 0}

Gateway

SuperNode

 

 

 

 

 

47.148.0.0

255.255.240.0

{2, 0, 0, 0, 0}

Gateway

SuperNode

 

 

 

 

 

0.0.0.0

0.0.0.0

{2, 1, 0, 0, 0}

Default

SuperNode

 

 

 

 

 

These two tables are not datafilled through table control, rather they are derived from control datafill in tables IPNETWRK, IPROUTER, and IPHOST. Further, these two tables may contain entries from dynamically learned routes either from RIP on the EIU or from ICMP redirect messages on other nodes.

Table 4 IP route list table

Index

Type of route list

Node

Status

Address

 

 

 

 

 

1

Router

EIU 132 * Primary

InSv

47.64.64.4

 

 

 

 

 

2

Router-Host

EIU 131

OutSv

47.64.64.2

 

 

EIU 133

InSv

47.64.64.5

 

 

EIU 205 * Primary

InSv

47.64.64.3

 

 

 

 

 

Each routing-table entry (see table 3) contains a destination IP address, IP address subnet mask, list of route lists (routeset) that reach the destination IP, and other fields that indicate type of route and subnet type. The IP routing algorithm is used to determine the routeset that can reach the destination IP address.

Each route list table entry (see table 4) contains one route list. The route list is composed of a list of routers that share common router characteristics. For instance, all EIU IP routers configured on the same LAN are grouped in one route list. The primary router is determined in each route list entry. For a given host node, the primary router is the EIU that packets are sent to. The primary

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