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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!uniserve1!haven.uniserve.com!tom From: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: BIND, DNS and route broken ?? Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 18:16:47 -0700 Organization: UNIServe Online Lines: 22 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950806180942.673B-100000@haven.uniserve.com> References: <3vmk8a$pgr@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <401aeu$ine@enigma.uniserve.com> <9508062104.AA17122@oils.ozy.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: haven.uniserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <9508062104.AA17122@oils.ozy.dec.com> On Mon, 7 Aug 1995, Jon Jenkins wrote: > >>route add -host ozyd13-pX localhost > > > > Instead: > > > >ifconfig sl0 ozyd13-pX remote-host-address > > > >route add default remote-host-address > > This doen't solve the problem which involved > installing a route to the interface via > the loopback driver for X apps etc so that > local traffic will not go out on the wire > but rather be routed internally vi lo0. Exactly what is "local traffic"? Traffic for an address that is local should never go out the wire, as it should match the address of a connected interface. It should not be necessary to add routes to lo0. Tom