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From: tom@tomqnx.tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home)
Subject: Re: Route cloning (disable - how to?)
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:19:44 GMT
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Steinar Haug (sthaug@nethelp.no) wrote:
: [Tom Torrance at home]

: |   I have a domain with a couple of other computers on the LAN. 
: |   My ISP is new to it and wants to run routed only, cause it's simple.
: |   I am pretty new to it too, but more adventurous.
: |   Both MYADDR and HISADDR can change from one call to the next.
: |   The static route works only for the computer with the interface
: |   on the ISP's domain.
: |   Can you give me some nethelp/advice?

: If you use PPP, the answer is rather obvious: You get pppd to insert the
: static route for you when it connects. Use the 'defaultroute' option. It
: works for me.

The default route does get set up.  gated and routed apparently
automatically poll the far end of the pt-to-pt link and never get
a RIP response. They then tear down the default route.
Beacuse of the fact that I cannot predetermine what IP address the
pt-to-pt link will have at the ISP end, I can't figure out how to
make gated ignore it.  There is another system that will converse
with me in RIP, but I loose connectivity with it.