-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Andersen wrote: > On Monday 09 July 2007, Toshi Esumi wrote: >> On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 19:59 -0400, John wrote: >>> I have used ifconfig, net and route, >> I would use only ifconfig and route. >> >>> (sorry about the comparison, but like ipconfig /all in win) >> ipconfig /all doesn't show routing tables. You still need to use route >> print in win, which is the same as ifconfig + route in Linux. >> >> Toshi > > Quite frankly the number of times I've needed to look at the routing > tables in any os were few - maybe 4 times in 10 years. >
Depends on your mileage... I have had to dig into routing tables rather more times than I prefer to think about. I would agree that it is not something one would normally need to see. Unless one really knows what one is doing I would not play with routing tables except at home, otherwise one could have a very p**d off network manager planning when and where to defenestrate one...:-) - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGkz7QasN0sSnLmgIRAvFuAJ46DlLAcQhbN+z0LDrgVAyGH+wfzACfVXTC vnMYi9h59PlE5fy4jB6foyM= =rOU7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
