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Date:      Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:56:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Leslie Davisson <davisson@handset.laa.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: default route question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980305125617.24493F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9803051456.AA21673@handset.laa.com>

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On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Leslie Davisson wrote:

> I have a 2.1.5 FreeBSD system.  In my /etc/sysconfig file I have a default
> route set to the correct address.  However, periodically netstat will not
> show a default route.  Therefore, my system can't get to outside addresses
> that it doesn't have a specific static route for.  Why does this happen?
> After I reboot, the default route appears to be there, but than it goes away  
> mysteriously.  Here is the output of my sysconfig file that pertains to
> defaultroute.

This is because routed is eating them.

> # This is the routing daemon you want to use.  Possible options are
> # currently NO (for none), `routed' and `gated'.  Also see `routerflags'
> # for startup flags.
> router=routed

Set this to `no'.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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