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From: mpeer@cccd.edu (Michael S. Peer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: No Route To Host.. what's up with that?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 22:14:48 GMT
Organization: Golden West College
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In article <4j97tb$1eo@nadine.teleport.com>, nailers@teleport.com says...
>Yup.. route -q. But as I read more in routing it appears that gated is a
>better method (at least that's what the book says). So I added the gated
>package, but I couldn't find docs for configuring the ... um ...
>configuration.
>
>I have also spend some time searching the FAQ and handbook for a concise
>and/or suggested method for configuring for permanent internet connection.
>Have I missed something?
>
IMHO gated is much easier to handle for routing, it supports RIP, dynamically
adjusting as required to your network. I have not gotten it to route across
a ppp link, I think its me.
In the simplest of cases, and its what I use most of the time. I pick up the
following file, called gated.conf and placed it in the /etc directory:
With due credit, there was a paragraph above this line explaining it, but I
have since lost the paragraph. Sorry to whomever.
--- Cut here ---
rip yes ;
--- Cut here --
restart you machine, and that's all there is!
>Peace
Michael Peer
e-mail: mpeer@cccd.edu
WWW: http://pioneer.gwc.cccd.edu