: >/etc/iproute2/rt_tables contains a mapping of human names to routing table : >numbers. I call them table identifiers to table ids. This file does not : >contain routes. : So, if I understand all correctly, I don't need that file to use multiple : route tables, do I? You are correct. It simply maps names to numbers so that you can use something like this if you want: # ip route add default via 10.0.0.1 table dsl-link # ip route add default via 10.0.0.2 table t1-link Where the rt_tables file contains: 1 dsl-link 2 t1-link If you do not have the file /etc/iproute2/rt_tables, you can use the following syntax . # ip route add default via 10.0.0.1 table 1 # ip route add default via 10.0.0.2 table 2 : I found a solution here: : http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1824/sam0201h/0201h.htm I've not seen this before and will have to read this article. Thanks for the link. I do have some general documentation on the use of "ip route" and "ip rule" in the appendices of my documentation available here: http://plorf.net/linux-ip/ Let me know if you find any flaws, areas for improvement, or missing content. -Martin -- Martin A. Brown --- SecurePipe, Inc. --- mabrown@securepipe.com _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
