Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 11:27:00 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: tom@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New routed Message-ID: <199609010157.LAA08525@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <m0uwsYM-00082NC@TomQNX.tomqnx.com> from "Tom Torrance at home" at Aug 31, 96 12:05:46 pm
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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 [[
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