<p>Afaik, you need ip for the entire list I supplied. It can do things like manage multiple routing tables which can then be selected based on rules. I am going to be expperimenting with that feature actually, relatively soon, to make use of multiple default gateways depending on the source IP address.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 11, 2010 5:25 AM, "Paul Cartwright" <<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On 11/11/2010 12:09 AM, Michael Trausch wrote:<br>
>> Indeed that is correct. The 'ip' tool is an excellent management utility<br>>> and for anyone doing anything with networking is highly recommended<br>>> learning. The things that it can do compared to route and ifconfig are<br>
>> just totally awesome. Multiple rule-driven routing tables, easy tunnel<br>>> creation, no arbitrary limits on the number of addresses that it can<br>>> display, and the ability to assign multiple IP addresses to a single<br>
>> interface without aliased interfaces, among others...<br>> is it fair to say, that anything route could do, ip can also do just by<br>> phrasing it:<br>> ip route ...<br>> ??<br>> <br>> I wish they had put a few examples in the man pages..<br>
> can you provide some examples of OTHER things it can do besides ip route?<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----<br>> Version: 3.12<br>> GIT d- s: a++ C+ UB+++ P+ L++ E--- W++ N++ o K- w+<br>
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