ip and routing subtleties
David Bandel
david.bandel
Sun Feb 4 09:17:22 PST 2007
Folks,
Anyone need to actually understand the ip utility? While I've used ip
for ipv6 and other related things, I had forgotten just how poor the
ip documentation was until I had to brush up this week.
I bought another 2Mb frame relay (wish we had fiber available here)
and stuck a Sangoma Wanpipe card (ugh) in beside my Cyclades PC300
then had to write the routing tables, etc., for the two distinct
routes. Since I'm not assigned an AS, dynamic routing is out. So,
with three public IP blocks and a dozen different private IP blocks in
use, I wrote the necessary scripts to handle it.
The exercise made me realize that some folks who might need to
understand this won't. OTOH, I may be one of the few unhappy saps
without an AS but with numerous inbound and outbound routes.
If there's interest, let me know while it's still fresh in my feeble old mind.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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