On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 02:10:00PM -0800, James A. Crippen wrote: [...] > DON'T USE IFCONFIG AND fooN:M ALIASES IF YOU CAN HELP IT. [...] Why? What exactly is the difference between using aliases from ifconfig and from ip? > Honestly I'd avoid using route and ifconfig at all. Replace them > everywhere you can with 'ip'. Why? Just curious. BSD uses ifconfig and route just fine, so does SunOS. --Lyosha
