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List:       quagga-users
Subject:    [quagga-users 11764] Re: Static Linux Default Route with a Lower
From:       sthaug () nethelp ! no
Date:       2010-09-02 19:32:06
Message-ID: 20100902.213206.41695414.sthaug () nethelp ! no
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> > <irrelevant comment>
> > Excellent examples of how Linux is moving away from the rest of the
> > Unix world. I'll stay with FreeBSD...
> > </irrelevant comment>
> 
> It is a matter of the ifconfig and route command options simply aren't
> flexible enough to support a modern system with multiple IPs per interface
> and multipath routes and other nice features.
> 
> Sure you could break the existing syntax of those tools, but then why
> bother keeping them?
> 
> I actually suspect BSD has the same issue.  Sure there is the old hack
> job of interface aliases, but those are a pain and aren't great for
> scalability.

FreeBSD handles multiple IP addresses per interface and multipath routes
just fine with existing tools. I guess it's a question of philosophy more
than anything else - should one extend existing tools/commands or create
new ones?

Anyway, this has nothing to do with quagga, of course...

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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