On Wednesday 2011-12-28 11:21, Andrew Beverley wrote: >On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 23:36 -0600, Lloyd Standish wrote: >> >Have you tried *not* using ifconfig to set up your interfaces? You >> > should only be using iproute2. >> >> I've seen that mentioned before, and I'm confused. iproute2 means, for >> firewall code, "ip" and "tc" - is that right? > >Yes, and "ip" can do everything that all the various net-tools commands >do. ...and more! >> I usually bring up interfaces with "ifup" when I can > >Ah, therein lies an interesting situation. ifup is pretty old too, and >makes calls to the ifconfig command, which is a real pain. More precisely: ifup is a distribution-specific script, not to be confused with net-tools/iproute2 (different layer). In that regard, its age may not mean anything. ifup also refers to _multiple_ scripts; for example, openSUSE's ifup uses iproute - since a looong time (therefore it is also old, but at least it is current). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
