Networking help

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:41:00 EST
Michael O'Donnell said:

>>>> Dude, you have two default gateways.  This is almost always
>>>> a problem on Linux boxen, IME.  Lose one of them.
>>
>>This is standard when you have 2 interfaces.  All my boxes are 
>>configured similarly, but this one is the one exhibiting problems.
>
>Hmmm.  I thought the whole point of a "default" route
>was to function as the "when all else fails, handoff
>here" route, so I would think that multiple "default"
>routes wouldn't make sense, in principle.  Shouldn't
>you instead have one default and then some <mumble>
>routes for specific networks on specific interfaces?

Traditionally, yes.  However, Linux done gone and gotten smarter on us and 
creates a default route for each interface.  This has been default 
behavior for some time, and I've seen it under both RH and Debian.
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Paul
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