Re: NetworkManager static-routes support patch

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 13:23 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Quoting Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>:
> 
> >> > - do static routes -always- have a netmask of 0xffffffff?
> >>
> >> -host routes do. -net routes do not.
> >
> > So would the patch need to do additional checking for the routes
> > returned by the DHCP server to determine whether the last bit is 0 or
> > something?  If so, what netmask would be used instead?
> 
> I'm afraid I didn't look at the patch, but how does a static route
> have anything to do with DHCP?  (Maybe I'd understand if I looked

The DHCP server can push static routes out the client just like it can
push DNS servers or YP servers, I think.

Dan

> at the patch)..  Generally when I think of static routes I think
> "I know how to get to host X or net Y/Z" -- so if it's a static
> host route I only need to know the host address, and if it's a static
> network route I need the network and netmask.  These numbers would
> need to be part of the static route configuration.
> 
> > Dan
> 
> -derek
>