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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.per.connect.com.au!news.iap.net.au!cyberstein From: dans@iap.net.au Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: routed vs. gated Date: 20 Sep 1996 07:23:58 GMT Organization: IAP Direct Lines: 32 Message-ID: <51tgqe$kg3@purple.iap.net.au> References: <322D9506.A48@spmu.rssi.ru> <50k6um$l4q@polaris.eurocontrol.fr> <01bb9da8$408d76e0$9bc4abc7@glen> <5116d5$90d@uriah.heep.sax.de> <craigs-1609962317070001@ppp2-os-gw.os.com> <nzH9d02@quack.kfu.com> <51nklf$174@anorak.coverform.lan> <nzLbHub@quack.kfu.com> <51r74q$g9@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: din0113.per.iap.net.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 Seems to me that you two are the only ones who know what the hell your talking about. Why dont you keep it to yourselves and email it or tell everyone what your on about In article <51r74q$g9@anorak.coverform.lan>, brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) wrote: >Nick Sayer (nsayer@quack.kfu.com) wrote: >: root@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Charlie &) writes: > >: >Oh well, some day I'll look into gated. > >: Someone a while back said that gated's configuration is too hairy. >: While that CAN be true, I use the following gated.conf file on my >: laptop. Basically it does what routed _ought_ to do if it were a >: bit more clever: > >: --- >: RIP yes; >: HELLO no; >: --- > >: That's not too hard, is it? :-) > >: It notices the default route that pppd puts in and keeps it, and it >: notices that the Ethernet card is present if it pops back in and listens >: for RIP (which will tell it about the default route on the at-home net). > >Can't argue with that ! Your posting is now in my "todo" queue :) >