On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:21:18 +0200 Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, if the interface is not deleted but marked as unreachable (I > think clearing IFF_RUNNING will work) or if the gateway is marked as > unreachable in the neighbour cache, the (Existing) route wont be used. How can I mark the interface as unreachable? I tried to use "ip" command, but couldn't understand the syntax to mark a interface as unreachable. > However some PPP and hotplug software does not work very will like > that. Why do you mind? That's the problem. The only solution would be a patch like this one: http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/ http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/dgd-usage.txt "- when a device goes down all paths in static routes that use the device are marked as dead. The current kernel versions remove all routes with all paths marked dead. In our additions we don't allow it". So it would be much better to just mark the route as dead instead of removing it completety. This would solve my problem. But I don't understand why this wasn't merged in the kernel. -- Linux 2.6.22: Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! http://www.lastfm.pt/user/danielfraga http://u-br.net - 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
