Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:04:41 -0800 (PST) | From | Blu3Viper <> | Subject | Re: automatic routing in 2.2.* |
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Paul Jakma wrote: > which still doesn't explain why we need this 'kernel knows better' > behaviour in the case of using ifconfig.
BTW, if you add an IP with a netmask of greater than /32, then you -are- telling the kernel that everything within that subnet is local. That means the route the kernel adds -is- correct. If you don't want the route added, then you need to set the netmask correctly.
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