Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:04:35 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -iface option to route(8) is broken Message-ID: <50EC51A3.6020909@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <E1TsaNb-0001AZ-BR@clue.co.za> References: <E1TsaNb-0001AZ-BR@clue.co.za>
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On 1/8/13 6:42 AM, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > Hi > > Adding routes using the -iface option to route(8) doesn't work any > more. This was useful to select a specific interface for a route > when the remote gateway has the same IP address. Are there plans > to restore this functionality? I agree.. thus was a crucial piece of functionality.. who broke it? > > tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1492 > options=80000<LINKSTATE> > inet 41.135.82.18 --> 41.135.70.1 netmask 0xffffffff > Opened by PID 2387 > > [router] ~ # route add 41.154.2.53 -iface tun0 > route: bad address: tun0 > > It also doesn't work on ngX PPP interfaces. > > ng1: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1490 > inet 197.87.27.111 --> 41.135.70.1 netmask 0xffffffff > ng2: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1490 > inet 41.135.82.120 --> 41.135.70.1 netmask 0xffffffff > > [router] ~ # route add 41.154.2.53 -iface ng2 > route: bad address: ng2 > [router] ~ # route add 41.154.2.53 -interface ng2 > route: bad address: ng2 > > Ian >
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