On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 10:18:08PM -0600, Greg Scott wrote: > As I understand things, this is the more or less official HOWTO for the > advanced routing stuff. > > Well - how come none of it works??? Don't know if it's what you're running into, but certain parts of 'ip' depend on certain options being compiled into the kernel - so some things not working is probably because the Red Hat version of the kernel you're using doesn't support them. Whether Red Hat has provided those functions in modules I don't know - not sure whether they are all module choices if not compiled in. In my beginner's opinion, that HOWTO would really benefit from a description of precisely which kernel options need to be chosen for various kernel versions. It does mention that you have to have the right options included, but then doesn't specifically list them. On the other hand, in three of four 2.2.19 systems, I've managed to include them somehow and all 'ip' functions appear operational. In the third, 'ip' only partially works - fortunately it's a system where I don't need it. Anyway, I'd recommend gathering what hints you can, and rolling your own kernel. I've always needed features that distro kernels don't support, and never cared to waste resources running kernels supporting features I don't need. Whit @transpect.com
