drivers/net/usb/asix - Re: WS-UL220G USB 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter in Dell Inspiron 700m laptop

[Zenaan Harkness]

> "Metric - The 'distance' to the target (usually counted in hops). It
> is not used by recent kernels but may be needed by routing daemons"
> 
> My use of the word 'hop' was correct, I did not say anything about
> TTL, and I know full well that routing metrics and TTL have nothing to
> do with each other.  But as it says above, metrics are not in use by
> recent kernels, which makes the whole thing moot.

Thanks. Clarified my (at least partial) misunderstanding too.

Again, I was setting metrics in /etc/network/interfaces, thinking it did
something, but in network upgrade context, not testing asic usb eth
device context, and forgot to delete the unnecessary lines.

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