From: "Christopher Friesen" <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
To: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
Cc: "Christopher Friesen" <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>,
David Ford <david@blue-labs.org>, Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>,
Tim Hockin <thockin@sun.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: issue: deleting one IP alias deletes all
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:14:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BD6F701.32E34BA5@nortelnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200110241534.f9OFYnL14565@www.hockin.org>
Tim Hockin wrote:
>
> > > Switch to 'ip' instead of 'ifconfig', several large distros now include
> > > it. Addresses can be added and removed completely indiscriminately on
> > > interfaces.
> > >
> > > The "ethN:X" is a legacy design that is now deprecated.
> >
> > Minor issue...if I create (using 'ip') two addresses on the same subnet on the
> > same device, one of them is primary and the other is secondary. If I then
> > delete the primary address, the second one goes with it.
> >
> > I submit that this is bad behaviour.
>
> This is the same behavior for which I am proposing fixing. The origin of
> the thread, if you will.
Yes, precisely. I was rebutting David Ford's statement above about addresses
being added and removed indiscriminately using 'ip' but not using aliases.
Chris
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-24 17:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-24 1:01 issue: deleting one IP alias deletes all Julian Anastasov
2001-10-24 5:28 ` David Ford
2001-10-24 6:18 ` Petr Titera
2001-10-24 6:52 ` David Ford
2001-10-24 12:48 ` Wilson
2001-10-25 16:34 ` Matthew G. Marsh
2001-10-24 8:19 ` Julian Anastasov
2001-10-24 14:02 ` Christopher Friesen
2001-10-24 15:34 ` Tim Hockin
2001-10-24 17:14 ` Christopher Friesen [this message]
2001-10-24 20:36 ` David Ford
2001-10-24 20:54 ` Tim Hockin
2001-10-27 17:26 ` kuznet
2001-10-25 17:40 ` Matthew G. Marsh
2001-10-25 20:01 ` Tim Hockin
2001-10-25 19:56 ` David S. Miller
2001-10-25 20:29 ` Andi Kleen
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-10-23 17:54 Tim Hockin
2001-10-24 11:36 ` Kurt Roeckx
2001-10-24 12:00 ` Kurt Roeckx
2001-10-25 16:30 ` Matthew G. Marsh
2001-10-26 19:51 ` Michal Jaegermann
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