> I recently upgraded my main machine to 2.1.x. This machine serves as a
> router w/3 ppp interfaces, 2 ethernet interfaces. The new 2.1.x behavior
> bothers me:
>
> - Why aren't alias devices listed when I type "ifconfig" ?
Upgrade net-tools.
> - Why aren't "automatic" device routes listed in the routing table?
They should be, even with old net-tools.
> I appear to have the latest versions of the user-space tools (Debian
> 2.1)...
>
> net-tools 1.45
> ifconfig 1.33 (1998-03-02)
>
> net-tools 1.45
> route 1.94 (1997-09-21)
> +NEW_ADDRT +RTF_IRTT +RTF_REJECT -NLS
> AF:(inet) +UNIX +INET -INET6 +IPX +AX25 +NETROM +ATALK
> HW: +ETHER +ARC +SLIP +PPP +TUNNEL +TR +AX25 +NETROM +FR
1.47 is out. :)
> This behavior is annoying, because it's easy to completely screw up
> the machine's routing and not know why -- the alias devices are hidden
> unless you know they're there.
>
> I don't see the benefit in hiding routes or interfaces from the admin.
> Is there a technical reason to do so? I assume these routes must be
> handled differently internally.
The interface was just changed so that /proc/net/dev actually reports
devices and not virtual interfaces. The new "ifconfig" gets them a
different way.
Simon-
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