Well, according to me ... If arp of nexthop is not available or outgoing interface goes down, next route should take over. If later on this previous nexthop comes up, then again previous route should take over. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe lartc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html