[ns] AW: routing problem

[Chan Kwang Mien <Kwang-Mien.Chan.GP@icn.siemens.de>]

hi Tarik,

> >    i have this LAN topology.
> > 
> > 
> >        -----------------
> >         |    |    |    | 
> >        a   b   c   d
> >                       |
> > 		   e
> > 
> >      Node a is sending data to Node e. Packets from Node a will pass
> through
> > Node d then to Node e.
> >      is it possible to let the packets from Node a to go to Node b first
> so
> > that Node b can do some processing. Node b then send the packets to Node
> d
> > and finally to Node e.
> > 
> >      i tried using the add-route command to configure Node a to have a
> route
> > to Node b. however, it does not seem to 
> > work cos packets are still forwarded to Node d.
> 
	  i was thinking of adding " $lannode add-route E B" command in the
add-route method in the class
	LanNode in vlan.tcl. This is done so that traffic from A will be
diverted to B when the virtual node receives
	the traffic from A. Do you think it is workable ? thanks.

	rgds,
	kwang mien