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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: routing question.
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:10:43 +1000
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Charles Reese wrote:
> 
> I have been getting slow response from machines on my LAN when I
> connect to it from a remote machine. I use ppp to connect to one
> machine on the LAN and responses from it are what you would expect for
> a 28.8 connection, other machines on the LAN seem much slower.  I

Can't say too much (actually anything) about the log, but here is how I
would do it-

On the non-PPP hosts on the LAN, use the "defaultrouter" entry to point
to the PPP machine.  DO NOT RUN ROUTED on these machines!!!

On the PPP machine, simply have it install a default route to the
outside world when the link comes up.  Again, DO NOT RUN ROUTED!!!

It's as simple as that.  Unless you have MULTIPLE pathways off your LAN
to outside networks, there is ABSOLUTELY NO reason to run a routing
daemon.  Static routes perform the job quite nicely without all the
hassle...

Tony