From: Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:55:53 +0000 (UTC)
> I'm not accustomed to ifconfig changing the routing table. Is this > normal? Every time you enable an IP address on an interface, the kernel creates a route to that subnet which gets likewise deleted when you remove that IP address. This is why you can ping hosts on your local subnet even before you add any explicit routes. It's been like this since ancient times and it's correct. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
