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Date:      Fri, 22 Aug 1997 20:57:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Kory Hamzeh <kory@avatar.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: routed won't start (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970822205341.21165C-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970822185526.8880A-100000@avatar.avatar.com>

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On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Kory Hamzeh wrote:

> I'm reposting this message because 1) I did not get any replies, and 2) I 
> forgot to mention that every now and then, routed WILL start up OK. For 
> example, the last two reboots I did, it worked find.
> 
> Any help would be REALY TREMENDOUSLY appreciated. I need to bring this 
> machine online by Monday, and unless I can figure out this problem, I'm 
> afraid it wont happen.
> 
> ----------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> 
> I'm running 2.2.2-RELEASE, and I've enabled routed in rc.conf, but it 
> won't start. During startup, I see the following message:
> 
> 	writing to route socket: invalid argument
> 	add net default: invalid argument

  Check the "defaultrouter" item in rc.conf.  It should contain just an IP
address.  It seems to contain something strange now.

> However, after the system comes up, I can type "routed -q" and it starts 
> up without a hitch. I have class C network with a 255.255.255.192 netmask.
>
> Is this a known problem? Did I do something wrong?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  Why do you need routed?  Often it use can be avoided.  It the first
think I disable on a server.

> Thanks,
> Kory
> 
> 
> 

Tom




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