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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!nntp.uio.no!nntp.uib.no!nntp-bergen.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!not-for-mail From: sthaug@nethelp.no (Steinar Haug) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Route cloning (disable - how to?) Date: 30 Jul 1996 16:24:43 GMT Organization: Nethelp Consulting, Trondheim, Norway Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4tld0b$ev6@verdi.nethelp.no> References: <4t0g99$pni@mandolin.qnet.com> <31F518A3.2781E494@freebsd.org> <4tip6k$9oj@verdi.nethelp.no> <DvBtF1.KIq@ottnews.shl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trane.uninett.no In-reply-to: tom@tomqnx.tomqnx.com's message of Mon, 29 Jul 1996 22:35:25 GMT [Tom Torrance at home] | I have a domain with a couple of other computers on the LAN. | My ISP is new to it and wants to run routed only, cause it's simple. | I am pretty new to it too, but more adventurous. | Both MYADDR and HISADDR can change from one call to the next. | The static route works only for the computer with the interface | on the ISP's domain. | Can you give me some nethelp/advice? If you use PPP, the answer is rather obvious: You get pppd to insert the static route for you when it connects. Use the 'defaultroute' option. It works for me. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no