Re: ifconfig changing a routing table?

[Ross Vandegrift]

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.


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