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From: Anton Yuzhaninov <citrin@citrin.ru>
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Subject: Re[2]: kern/106722: [net] [patch] ifconfig may not connect an
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Thursday, March 15, 2007, 7:30:54 PM, Andre Oppermann wrote:

AO> IMO when configuring a interface with an IP address and network it should
AO> kick out previous host and/or network routes matching it.  Unless those
AO> are from locally configured interfaces, then it should reject the new
AO> attempt.

New route should replace existing one only if it have administrative
distance (in cisco terms) smaller than AD for existing route.

Preference of network from locally configured interface is only
particular case of this general principle.

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 Anton Yuzhaninov