Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:29:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net> To: Ed Baxter <Ed.Baxter@pii.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to stop route redirects Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9908191220450.1701-100000@phoenix.aye.net> In-Reply-To: <9908161526560P.13614@redhat>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Ed Baxter wrote: > How can I force freebsd 2.2.5 stable to ignore route redirects? Routed is turned off and > I tried specifying these routes as static routes but one of our routers sends redirects > when there is a WAN hiccup and internal traffic gets routed out to the internet > (default for the router). The static routes also get over ridden by the redirects. The > redirect would be fine except that when the WAN is back up the freebsd machine never > changes back. The Corp WAN guy has turned RIP off for the entire WAN so I think my only > option is to get the Freebsd machine to ignore the redirects. > > I noticed that even without routed my route table contains "learned" routes and keeps > growing. Is it possible to turn this behavior off (would probably solve my redirect > problem). We have Sun Solaris machines that without routed contain only a couple routes > in their route table and it never changes. I would prefer this behavior. > > Thanks for any help you can give... > > Ed Baxter > > Try running gated. With a config like: --- cut --- redirect off; rip off; --- cut -- You may want to toss any static routes you have in there. Gated will monitor the routing socket and attempt to undo any changes that redirects have done. - Barrett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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