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 |
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47.12.0.0 | 255.255.240.0 | {1, 0, 0, 0, 0} | Gateway | SuperNode |
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47.148.0.0 | 255.255.240.0 | {2, 0, 0, 0, 0} | Gateway | SuperNode |
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0.0.0.0 | 0.0.0.0 | {2, 1, 0, 0, 0} | Default | SuperNode |
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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 |
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1 | Router | EIU 132 * Primary | InSv | 47.64.64.4 |
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2 | EIU 131 | OutSv | 47.64.64.2 | |
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| EIU 133 | InSv | 47.64.64.5 |
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| EIU 205 * Primary | InSv | 47.64.64.3 |
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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