Adding IPIP route

[Ken Clark]

Hi folks.  I recently upgraded to the 2.2 kernel, and hit the FAQ where you
can't add an IPIP route without first creating a static host route to the
remote gateway.

So, instead of just the following in 2.0:

/sbin/route add -net 192.168.3.0/24 gw a.b.c.d tunl0

I need to do this is 2.2:

/sbin/route add -host a.b.c.d tunl0
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.3.0/24 gw a.b.c.d tunl0
/sbin/route del -host a.b.c.d tunl0

I am sure there is a good reason for the change.  Could someone please
explain it?  In what respect was the 2.0 behavior "broken"?

I have also heard that the new "ip" program can do this better, but the
reality is this program doesn't ship with RH6, so comp.os.linux.networking
is filling up with people asking why their tunnel setup isn't working.
Could an option be added to the standard route command to handle this case?

Thanks,

Ken