Re: Tunnel device semantics

Olaf Titz (olaf@bigred.inka.de)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:19:56 +0100


> > I think the more logical approach to the problem would be
> > the following:
> > # ifconfig {tunl,gre}0 myend pointopoint otherend [ netmask 255.255.255.255 ]
> > # route add -net othernet gw otherend
> Yes, PLEASE. The current setup is just insane.

Most important, it drives gated nuts for the very right reason that
this setup is broken by design.

The driver would need to define a SIOCDEVPRIVATE ioctl to get
configured like the above and ifconfig would have to be extended, however.

Olaf

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