From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 31 18:58:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA01433 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 18:58:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA01427 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 18:58:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA08525; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 11:27:00 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199609010157.LAA08525@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: New routed To: tom@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 11:27:00 +0930 (CST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Tom Torrance at home" at Aug 31, 96 12:05:46 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tom Torrance at home stands accused of saying: > > > > Uh, do you *need* to run routed? > > > YES. Things work fine without routed if you have a connection with a > FIXED IP number. If your connection gives you a separate IP number on > every call, the route for your new IP number to use 127.0.0.1 as > a gateway is only put in the table IF you are running routed or gated. > All other entries, including the default route are updated > properly by ijppp IF they exist when it re-establishes the connection. NO. You don't understand what you're trying to do. And you don't need a route to your new IP number using 127.0.0.1 as a gateway. There's an implicit route to that address inherent in the existence of the interface. If you're concerned about connecting to your machine when _no_ interfaces are up, create yourself another tunX interface and assign that an invariant address out of one of the private networks in /etc/sysconfig. Routed in your situation is just a nuisance. Don't use it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[