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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@tribe.com>
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Subject: route -interface
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What are the semantics of the "-interface" flag to the route(8) command,
with respect to point-to-point networks?  The man page states:

  If the destination is directly reachable via an interface requiring no
  intermediary system to act as a gateway, the -interface modifier should
  be specified; the gateway given is the address of this host on the common
  network, indicating the interface to be used for transmission.

Now suppose you renumber the link from, say 128.2.2.2 -> 128.2.2.1 to
128.2.2.2 -> 128.2.2.3. Will the route still work? Is it "supposed" to
work? What if you change both addresses? Is the "-interface" flag
appropriate at all for point to point links?

How is a route specified with "-interface" different from a normal route?

Thanks for any help.

-Archie

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