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Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:04:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Ricardo M. Codizar" <ricky@jpi.mozcom.com>
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Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD 2.2.2 as Gateway
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On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Ricardo M. Codizar wrote:

> 	We would like to upgrade our FreeBSD from version 2.1.0 to version
> 2.2.2. Our old machine (version 2.1.0) is functioning as our gateway to
> the internet. In configuring the old version to become a gateway just
> simply enable it in /etc/sysconfig gateway = "YES" and compile the
> kernel with the option "option GATEWAY". In version 2.2.2 the "option
> GATEWAY" is already obsolete just enable the "gateway_enable=YES" in
> /etc/rc.network file. When i tested it as a gateway I received an error
> "<hostname> routed [63] punt RTM_LOSING without gateway". Is there any
> setting that I should set specifically in the kernel? Kindly help me
> with this, because I want to migrate to the new version.

routed hates default routes.  Try disabling it if you need them.

> 	Also about the static_route. In version 2.1.0, the static_route is
> already specified in /etc/sysconfig. In version 2.2.2 /etc/rc.conf file
> it is blank. Can I just copy the static_route entry from /etc/sysconfig
> to /etc/rc.conf? Because when I don't specify the static route I can
> receive an error like this "<host name> routed [61]: sendto (ep0,
> 224.0.0.2) : No route to host. What is the address 224.0.0.2 used for ?

224.0.0.2 is the multicast address.  You can ignore it if you don't
use multicast.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major