[Xorp-users] Question on supporting multiple routing tables [PATCH]

[Ben Greear]

Pavlin Radoslavov wrote:
>> It was working for me when I used the ifp.  What's the difference 
>> between vifp and ifp?
> 
> The name from ifp and vifp should be same in case of UNIX (in most
> cases).
> It might be different when we add support for VLANs, and in that
> case it might be better if vifp is used instead of ifp.


What about IP aliases, ie adding two IPs to the same interface?

I'm not sure you can BINDTODEVICE on an alias since it is not a real
interface (in Linux).

Thanks,
Ben


> 
> Regards,
> Pavlin


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