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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Not Advertising RIP
Date: 8 Jul 1996 17:52:00 +0100
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Rob Secombe (robseco@wizard.teksupport.net.au) wrote:
: Hi,

: I have just installed FreeBSD 2.1 at a downstream customer's site 
: primarily as a router and mail server. All is working pretty well except 
: it doesnt seem to want to advertise RIP. The link is using the dialup 
: PPP interface, local ethernet is ed1 and running "routed -s".

: I do not have an entry in /etc/gateways but there is a default route in 
: the PPP demand dial script.

: Any ideas?

Yep, your connection is PASSIVE.  Only ppp -direct and ppp -dedicated
invocations will kick off a RIP-passing connection.

If you really want this, you could try altering the pppVars structure
in /usr/src/usr.sbin/ppp/vars.c - change the OPEN_PASSIVE to 0 (the
digit).  I havn't tried this myself.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....