On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 04:04:44PM +0200, Jacek Konieczny wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 02:44:28PM +0100, Antony Stone wrote: > > I disagree. They are valid (on most modern O/Ss, anyway). Whether or not > > they make sense depends on what you try and do with them. > > > > Linux routing can certainly handle arbitrary netmasks, and so can netfilter. > > > > I've never seen a good example of why someone would want to use them, though. > One of posible uses: > route add 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.1 gw gateway1 > route add 0.0.0.1 netmask 0.0.0.1 gw gateway2 > > This will make simple load balancing (odd IP addresses via one gateway, > even via the other). Unforunately this cannot be done with iproute2 > tool, which is much more modern than ifconfig/route from net-tools.
It's beacuse: For routing, the scanning through the dst is done from left to right (most sig first). What you're trying to do is just the opposite. Ramin
