Hi Luke ,
Good day !
As per your question :
1> question
Answer :
- ">" indication the next hop the packet will be sent to
- " * " indicates the active route that will be pushed to the forwarding table
2> question
If I configure a route with two next-hops...
set routing-options static route 169.254.1.1/32 next-hop 10.16.104.1
set routing-options static route 169.254.1.1/32 next-hop 10.16.104.2
Only one of these is considered a candidate next hop? Even though they're essentially identical?
169.254.1.1/32 *[Static/5] 4d 19:48:07
to 10.16.104.1 via vlan.104. >> 1st one
> to 10.16.104.2 via vlan.104 >> 2nd one
Answer :
Here when you have configured both static routes both appear in the routing table as candidates , only 1 with " * " is used , both have default preferences hence there appear in above format where the preference is not explicitly mentioned
[Static/5] - in this 5 is the preference value and it is default
3> question
But if I configure one of these as a qualified next hop, so the two next hops have different preferences...
set routing-options static route 169.254.1.1/32 next-hop 10.16.104.1
set routing-options static route 169.254.1.1/32 qualified-next-hop 10.16.104.2 preference 3
Both are considered candidates
169.254.1.1/32 *[Static/3] 4d 18:08:29
> to 10.16.104.2 via vlan.104 >> 1st one
[Static/5] 4d 18:17:55
> to 10.16.104.1 via vlan.104 >> 2nd one
Answer :
Here when you have configured the preference as 3 for 10.16.104.2
Which is lower than the default value 5
Still like in the above table both the routes appear , but the format is different as for each static next hop the preference is different
only 1 with " * " is used , in this case the one with the lower value 3
Regards
Sharanya