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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 14:16:29 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Mike K." <flaq@synwork.com>
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
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Subject: Re: arp_rtrequest: bad gateway value message
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On Sun, 23 Jun 1996, Doug White wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, FreeBSD wrote:
> 
> > Hi, Can anybody tell me what does this means and where it comes from.
> > 
> > /kernel: arp_rtrequest: bad gateway value
> 
> My guess is a broken routing table, probably from using routed.  If you 
> don't need dynamic routing then turn off routed in /etc/sysconfig.  It 
> saves a great many headaches, especially with broken routers.

Can you define 'dynamic routing'?  Not sure if I should be running routed
now :)

> 
> > Recently, we have replaced a failed router and crashed
> > our system a few times. Since that time this message will
> > show when the server is rebooted.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
> 
> 

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