* SV: [LARTC] iproute2 and routing entries
@ 2000-11-06 12:40 Daniel
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<PRE>I have used mask to /32 (255.255.255.255) to get control over the routing
table. It's useful then you want to save IP-addresses.
Regards,
Daniel
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</I>><i> Till: bert hubert
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</I>><i> Ämne: Re: [LARTC] iproute2 and routing entries
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</I>><i> bert hubert wrote:
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 06:35:48PM +0100, Michael Schoen wrote:
</I>><i> > > Hi guys,
</I>><i> > >
</I>><i> > > i am just playing around with iproute2 and some questions
</I>><i> came to my mind.
</I>><i> > >
</I>><i> > > I´m wondering why I get a route entry for the subnet of eth0s
</I>><i> primary addr
</I>><i> > > if I use the command "ip link set eth0 up".
</I>><i> > >
</I>><i> > > I´m personally not a friend of such behaviour, because I
</I>><i> often need some
</I>><i> > > strange routing set-ups. Is it possible to avoid this
</I>><i> behaviour, meaning I
</I>><i> > > only get routing entries if I really set them by myself?
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > This behaviour has been hotly contested on the linux kernel mailinglist,
</I>><i> > perhaps the archives can tell you if there is a way around this.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The reason is that by setting an interface with the IP address A
</I>><i> and netmask
</I>><i> B you are implying that there is a network attached with the
</I>><i> network address
</I>><i> A&~B with the given netmask and so a route should be added appropriately.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The last I heard was that one of the networking guys gave this
</I>><i> explanantion
</I>><i> and challenged someone to give an example of where this was the wrong
</I>><i> thing to do. The thread died there IIRC.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Personally I think it's a great feature because in at least 99.99% of
</I>><i> cases it's exactly what you want and I havn't found an example of the
</I>><i> other 0.01%.
</I>><i>
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