In message <199809291802.OAA25974@jekyll.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writ
es:
>I believe that is what a routing table is generally used for, is  it not?

Well, yeah...

>Why is "route add foo" harder than setting a netmask, especially when
>what you are trying to do is set a route, not a netmask on an
>interface?

Because I can leave the netmask in a config file and forget about it,
but the route has to get tweaked whenever the line comes up or down.
I suppose I can just add a "route add foo" somewhere, but I like things
to be self-maintaining.

-s