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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.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: stephen farrell <sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Please help a freeBSD newbie X-Nntp-Posting-Host: phaedrus.uchicago.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <87enedzgi0.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 35 Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 References: <3304827D.549F@crl.com> <330886eb.2749133@Server> <87g1ywm4b8.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> <3309C39E.41C67EA6@net-tel.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.89) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 02:17:27 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35869 Andrew Gordon <andrew.gordon@net-tel.co.uk> writes: > > stephen farrell wrote: > > basically, you'll probably want to set up your freebsd box to > > "support" the network. you'll want to run routed (routing daemon), > > Why are people so keen on running routed? In this case (a totally > disconnected network) it can't do any good at all. And for well, forgive my ignorance, but in setting up a totally isolated network (as i have had to do several times, specifcially between macs and unix boxes), routed produced the desired effect... it worked without hassle. if there is a better way, i'd be interested to hear it. > the next level of complexity (dial-up link to an ISP), > simple default routes will suffice (and are all that the Macs > can easily be configured to use anyhow). right, and if the unix box is running routed, you set the default routes on the mac to the unix box and voila. > > And we regularly see posts here from people suffering from > routed deleting their external routes on a dial-up because > the ISP isn't playing RIP - when they usually had no reason > to run routed in the first place. ... well, i guess i'm just missing something here. i've always run routed to handle this sort of stuff b/c it didn't work until i did (so i assumed it was the right thing). like i said, i'd be interested to hear how you configure a isolated lan without routed...