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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet From: stox@dcdkc.fnal.gov (Ken Stox) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: routed is trashing my 'default' route Date: 19 Jun 1996 15:29:10 GMT Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4q96c6$co2@fnnews.fnal.gov> References: <31C80512.6A80@bnr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcdkc.fnal.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7 To: Andrew Atrens <atrens@bnr.ca> In article <31C80512.6A80@bnr.ca>, Andrew Atrens <atrens@bnr.ca> writes: > Like many of us I connect to the internet through a > dialup ppp link. The link works great provided 'routed' > is *not* running. If routed is running, invariably it > deletes my default route :o( > 2. Why do I need routed? ( Currently I'm running without it. ) You probably don't, static routes are probably fine. > 3. If I *do* need some kind of routing daemon, is gated a > better choice? Yes, in fact, the only "real" choice in this situation. YMMV, -Ken Stox stox@dcdkc.fnal.gov