Automatic source routing

[Phil Mayers]

On 24/09/13 23:21, Tim Chown wrote:
>
> On 24 Sep 2013, at 23:13, Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Ole Troan <otroan at employees.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> you need source address dependent routing (e.g.
>>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-troan-homenet-sadr-01) I think
>>> the latest kernel has SADR working. enable CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES.
>>>
>>> cheers, Ole
>>
>> Are we talking about hosts or routers here? I know OP wanted a
>> router in his final config but I thought he was asking about the
>> intermediate dual-attached host. And doesn't rule 5 / 5.5 of rfc
>> 6724 cover this?
>
> This is primarily routing, as envisaged for future homenets where
> there may be nested routing and multiple exit routers for example.

Ah, gotcha.

But I note that the OP is *currently* testing with a single hosts w/ two 
interfaces, so host-based source address selection is what's in play 
here, not (s,d) routing.