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From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To: John Nyhuis <jnyhuis@uw.edu>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1p10 defaultrouter not working
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Hi,

On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:23:55 -0700
John Nyhuis <jnyhuis@uw.edu> wrote:

> I am trying to set a default route of 140.142.xyz.129 using the
> documented method of adding the line below to rc.conf:
> 
> defaultrouter = "140.142.xyz.129"
> 
try something like this:

defaultrouter="192.168.123.210"

It works for me since decades.

Erich