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From: Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: IJPPP routing oddity
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:12:05 -0400
Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
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I have a dual-homed machine (which is *not* a gateway) that doesn't
route
correctly:

Consider the following:

bash$ netstat -nr
Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif
Expire
default            192.233.145.137    UGc        28      557      tun0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          1     3206       lo0
192.124.97         link#1             UC          0        0 
192.124.97.10      0:c0:a8:35:ce:95   UHLW        1    40920       lo0
192.233.145.137    198.115.177.3      UH         29       10      tun0

The route to 192.233.145.137 gets installed by the add 0 0
192.233.145.137
in my ppp.conf.  In most ways things work well.

*But* a ``ping 198.115.177.3'' (or any traffic directed to that address)
doesn't work at all.

Notice the loopback route to 192.124.97.10?  That makes pings to that
address work.  Where did that route get installed?  Why isn't there one
for 198.115.177.3?  Am I supposed to install that one myself?

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