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Re: multiple IP# for one IF ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Milo Rogers)
Tue May 9 13:38:56 1995
To: urlichs@smurf.noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Cc: submit-linux-dev-net@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "08 May 1995 23:43:06 +0200."
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Date: Tue, 09 May 95 09:06:50 PDT
From: Craig Milo Rogers <rogers@ISI.EDU>
>But do we need the added complexity for the IP router to search not a
>single list (interfaces) for possible local matches, but a list of chains,
>many of which will have only one link?
Hmmm... it should do a hash table lookup, not a list search.
Ideally, there would be a small number of prefered tests (local
loopback, most recent IP address), and the rest would be a fast hash.
Craig Milo Rogers
