[c-nsp] Use of "name" parameter on "ip route"

[Curtis Doty]

Tomorrow Mark Tinka said:

> On Friday 24 August 2007 02:57, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
>
>> 	WHY is the "name" command used on ip route? WHEN is it
>> proper to use it, and when is it improper? Has anyone
>> gotten burned USING it or NOT using it?
>
> I have seen it provide *functional* use with cisco-avpair
> attributes under an AAA profile in LSDO deployments.
>
> In some other places, I have seen it used to help folk
> remember what the route is doing.
>

I like that use best. A digital sticky note.

ip route 192.0.2.1 255.255.255.255 Null0 name BOGON-NEXTHOP

But the other day, I had an OIR event. When the interface config and 
dependent routes came back, the statics were mysteriously missing their 
names. :-(

../C