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From: imb@walkabout.asstdc.com.au (michael butler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Please help - my gated is non-functional
Date: 13 Oct 1996 07:00:00 GMT
Organization: Assorted C Software
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Craig Shrimpton (craigs@os.com) wrote:

: Gated is running with this config:

: ospf yes {
: backbone {
:         networks {
:                 199.232.136.0 mask 255.255.255.0;
:                 199.232.137.0 mask 255.255.255.0;
:         };
:         interface de0;
: };
: };

: export proto ospfase {
:         proto direct {
:                 199.232.136.160 mask 255.255.255.224;
:                 199.232.137.0 mask 255.255.255.0;
:         };
: };

: All routing and networking is fine right after I start gated.  However
: after a couple of mins. gated shuts down the two routes on de1.  That
: of course kills the broadcasts on de0 which leads to the internet.  

Seems to me that there's no-one else on the network advertising stuff back
to you and, as a result, gated is assuming the interface is dead.

Try adding ..

interfaces {
	interface de0 passive;
	interface de1 passive;
};

 .. at the top of gated.conf,

	michael