Rao Shoaib writes: > >Seems like everything using IP_XMIT_IF today could be changed to use > >IP_PKTINFO; is there a technical reason why this cannot or should not be > >done? It'd be nice to avoid having too many of these mechanisms. > > > >-- > >meem > > > > > It probably can be, but it would require some work. For example unlike > IP_XMIT_IF, IP_PKTINFO is not a sticky option.
That's ok. A quick review of the uses of IP_XMIT_IF in the gate makes it obvious that very few of the existing users ever wanted a sticky option anyway. They almost all set the transmit interface right before sending a packet. The lone exception is mipagent's InitSockets() function, which tries to deal with PPP links. I don't know if Mobile IP still works (does anyone ever use it?), but I'm fairly sure that it was never used over PPP. We don't have the related IPCP extension (RFC 2290). -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
