From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 13 19:05:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA21372 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 19:05:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu ([128.223.186.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA21360 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 19:05:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA01164; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 19:05:16 -0700 Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 19:05:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Annelise Anderson cc: "Humprey C. Sy" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tun0 message In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > Routed is telling you something. That something should be "don't run me > > unless you have to." :-) It's a normal message, but unless you have to, > > don't run routed; disable it in /etc/sysconfig. > > And why not run routed? Because it is not in my interest? Or whose? > This advice is often given and never explained. I find that not > running routed causes long delays in booting and also in running > some programs. Then you need to remove references to the ${hostname} in /etc/sysconfig and replace them with your IP. And make sure your routing table setup in sysconfig is right too. Problem with routed is that if your router goes bonkers then you can kiss your default route goodbye. I got bit by it once and stopped using it right then and there. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major