From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 3 09:22:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA27771 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 09:22:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.rwth-aachen.de (mail.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.144.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA27717 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 09:21:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de) by mail.rwth-aachen.de (PMDF V5.0-4 #13110) id <01I5H8RZQGN4000TAJ@mail.rwth-aachen.de>; Mon, 03 Jun 1996 16:35:35 +0100 Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA05790; Mon, 03 Jun 1996 16:40:56 +0200 Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 16:40:55 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" Subject: Re: route command w/o metrics (why?) In-reply-to: <9606031344.AA28071@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Reply-to: Christoph Kukulies Message-id: <199606031440.QAA05790@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL16 (25)] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > < said: > > > Just out of curiousity: Why does the BSD route command not require > > a metrics parameter? > > Why would it require one? What purpose would it serve? I don't know :-) Just was curious since others had it (Sun) for a long time and some even require it to be there - see my recent experience with a HP-UX where leaving it off (the metrics) lead to a missing (U)G flag in my default route. > > -GAWollman > > -- > Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... > wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. > Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people > MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de