On Wed, 29 May 2002, Ciprian Niculescu wrote: > in LARTC at 4.2.1 Split access > > we have: ip route add $net dev $if src $ip > > i didn't understand what does the "src", if someone can explaint to me. The 'src' specifies which source address to choose in case a packet matching that routing rule does not have a source address yet. This may not seem useful, until you realise that all outgoing packets generated on the local machine don't have a source address when routing... Doei, Arthur. -- /\ / | arthurvl@sci.kun.nl | Work like you don't need the money /__\ / | A friend is someone with whom | Love like you have never been hurt / \/__ | you can dare to be yourself | Dance like there's nobody watching _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
