Re: ifconfig changing a routing table?

2007-09-01 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 03:55:53AM +, Dan Stromberg wrote: > Is anyone on the list familiar with ifconfig up and/or ip link up > changing a routing table? How does the kernel decide what route to add > in such a circumstance? By the parameteres you supplied for the interface configuration.

Re: ifconfig changing a routing table?

2007-08-30 Thread David Miller
From: Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:55:53 + (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

ifconfig changing a routing table?

2007-08-30 Thread Dan Stromberg
If I "ifconfig eth1 down", a rogue route disappears. If I "ifconfig eth1 up" or "ip link set dev eth1 up", the rogue route comes back. The route in question is for 10.3/16, and it's breaking some of my communications that should be handled by my default route. I'm not accustomed to ifconfig c