Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Arp Table and Routing | Date | Sat, 18 Jan 1997 13:30:27 +0000 | From | Simon Kenyon <> |
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> For now, you could fix it yourself or use my iproute utility > (ftp.inr.ac.ru:/ip-routing/*) > > I'd like to repeat again: do not fiddle with arp cache, > enable "total" proxy arp and forget this nightmare. > > Alexey Kuznetsov.
you'll probably consider this comment really rude of me i know i'm ungrateful as i'm sure that you put a lot of effort into this new routing code
but
i have no idea how to use it there is no documentation routing is a very, very complex task just chnaging the kernel code is not enough changes have to be made to the user-level program and to the documentation
the existing routing machanism have been well documented and established over many years. they are (reasonably) well understood my most people (and my in particular :-).
this new scheme is probably better - but without more documentation - i am not in a position to judge
you might reasoably respond with:
a) if you cannot work it out from the code then you shouldn't be using a 2.1.x kernel
b) you have not read http://foo.bar.baz/how-to-use-the-new-routing-stuff
if the answer is (a) then i agree (i've gone back to 2.0.x) if the answer is (b) then you are doing youself a disservice for not making that clear in the linux/Documentation/networking/* files
please help me to understand this stuff i wish to use 2.1.x for lots of other reasons
please do not take this note for anything other than the constructive comment that it is
yours in linux -- simon
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