iproute2
Ow Mun Heng
Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com
Thu Dec 9 06:08:46 UTC 2004
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)
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Ow Mun Heng
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