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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: routed vs. gated Message-ID: <nzLbHub@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. References: <322D9506.A48@spmu.rssi.ru> <50k6um$l4q@polaris.eurocontrol.fr> <01bb9da8$408d76e0$9bc4abc7@glen> <5116d5$90d@uriah.heep.sax.de> <craigs-1609962317070001@ppp2-os-gw.os.com> <nzH9d02@quack.kfu.com> <51nklf$174@anorak.coverform.lan> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 08:06:14 UTC Lines: 25 root@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Charlie &) writes: >Oh well, some day I'll look into gated. Someone a while back said that gated's configuration is too hairy. While that CAN be true, I use the following gated.conf file on my laptop. Basically it does what routed _ought_ to do if it were a bit more clever: --- RIP yes; HELLO no; --- That's not too hard, is it? :-) It notices the default route that pppd puts in and keeps it, and it notices that the Ethernet card is present if it pops back in and listens for RIP (which will tell it about the default route on the at-home net). -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | "Do you have to keep tapping like that, N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | you bloated sack of protoplasm?!" +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | -- Captain Höek