In article <46279215.5000900@xxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > I'm not 100% sure but iproute2 needs updates whenever the kernel API/interface > changes (like new features). This means that if it doesn't change, you can use > old versions with newer kernels just fine, or you are just not able to use the > newer feature in the kernel, but all the other options work just fine (forwards > compatible). Use the latest Version, only. (I dont think it is a particular good idea to make the numbers look like kernel versions). You will only get trouble with 2.0 or 2.2 Kernels, otherwise all the tools will work with older kernels (not necesaryly all functions). This is true for net-tools, also. Gruss Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html