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

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On 07/10/2009 07:02 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>> "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.
> 

I wonder if this is related:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804
Route metrics

    * ifupdown now sets the default route metric to 100 for interfaces
with no metric option set in /etc/network/interfaces. This change makes
no difference for most users, but may affect a few users with complex
networking requirements. If you rely on the previous default route
metric of 0 (zero), edit /etc/network/interfaces and set the metric
option explicitly for your interface, for example:

      	iface eth0 inet static
      	address 192.168.0.2
      	network 192.168.0.0
      	broadcast 192.168.0.255
      	netmask 255.255.255.0
      	gateway 192.168.0.1
      	metric 0