From: Ross Vandegrift <ross@kallisti.us>
To: Dan Stromberg <dstromberglists@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ifconfig changing a routing table?
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 12:33:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070901163335.GB13190@kallisti.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fb83g8$nac$1@sea.gmane.org>
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 03:55:53AM +0000, 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.
So, if you're getting a connected route for 10.3.0.0/16 out of dev
eth0, it's because you assigned some IP in that subnet to that device,
with a netmask of 255.255.0.0
Check that your netmask is correct.
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross@kallisti.us
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-31 3:55 Dan Stromberg
2007-08-31 4:41 ` David Miller
2007-09-01 16:33 ` Ross Vandegrift [this message]
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