Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-34,: Re: Adding IPIP route

# Re: Adding IPIP route

David Ford (david@kalifornia.com)
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:34:55 -0700

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Please visit the GRE tunneling howto on http://stuph.org/

There are some examples there you may find useful.

-d

Ken Clark wrote:

> 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
>
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