On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 09:17, Mezei Zoltan wrote: > Patrick Boutilier wrote: > >> This is not what i want, it won't use iproute2 but will create an > >> alias device. I know about it but i dont want it. > > What is the benefit to using iproute2 instead of an alias? > > You can also use multipath routing, load balancing and other advanced > networking setups. Some of them won't work with device aliasing. can you explain more? I am interested in why that is not possible with device aliasing. Is it you mean, they can't reference things written this way?->eth0:1 Thanks for any explanation. (or pointers to explanation uri's) -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on D600 1.4Ghz Neuromancer 14:06:22 up 4:32, 8 users, 0.23, 0.32, 0.25
