Hi misc,
route add allows one to specify a directly-connected route reachable over an
interface, using the -interface switch. However, I can't seem to figure out
if it's possible to specify just the interface name to the -interface
switch. According to the manual page, only an IP address is allowed:
"""
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.
"""
The thing is the interface I want to use with the -interface switch does not
have a static IP address. I could script something to get the current IP
address of that interface but looks hacky to me. Is it possible to do
something like?
# route add -net 128.0.0.0/16 -interface vr2
instead in OpenBSD? I'm a little bit confused since adding the route while
using the IP address yields the following entry in the routing table:
128.0/16 link#3 UCS 0 0 - 8 vr2
So, why is exactly that -interface wants an IP address but does not like
interface names?
Thanks in advance.
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