Linux-Hams archive - September 1997: Re: IP aliasing on AX.25 interfaces

Re: IP aliasing on AX.25 interfaces

Ales Casar (lehcmfk@spidernet.net)
Thu, 11 Sep 1997 22:30:18 +0200 (METDST)


On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Terry Dawson wrote:

> I recreated the problem you describe last night, and I think you're right.
> There is something not finished there. You're right, any ax.25 route
> created for the 'master' ax.25 device should be relevant to the aliases
> as well (they do have the same AX.25 address so clearly they are meant to
> represent the same datalink entity).

I am glad I've managed to convince you that something really is wrong
here.

> It looks like a small amount of kernel work in the area of ARP lookups
> for AX.25.

How does it look like now? Can we expect this to be corrected in next
release of ax25-module (or wherever this should made)? When is it
scheduled to be issued?

Best regards,
Ales, S56SAC

P.S.: Sorry for very delayed answer. I've been on holidays, got a lot of
mails in this time...

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