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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: routed vs. gated Date: 19 Sep 1996 11:26:34 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <51r74q$g9@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <322D9506.A48@spmu.rssi.ru> <50k6um$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> <nzLbHub@quack.kfu.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nick Sayer (nsayer@quack.kfu.com) wrote: : 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). Can't argue with that ! Your posting is now in my "todo" queue :) -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....