From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 15 12:12:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08459 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 12:12:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ultra1.dreamscape.com (ultra1.dreamscape.com [206.64.128.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07915 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 12:08:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aaron@csh.rit.edu) Received: from thud.homenet (uc6.dreamscape.com [206.114.185.71]) by ultra1.dreamscape.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA03741; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:07:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from aaron@localhost) by thud.homenet (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA01819; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:09:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from aaron) Message-ID: <19980615150912.18011@homenet> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:09:12 -0400 From: Aaron Jeremias Luz To: Brian Somers Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp-980609: sticky routes not working Reply-To: aaron@csh.rit.edu References: <19980612164027.24793@homenet> <199806122157.WAA23696@awfulhak.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199806122157.WAA23696@awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 10:57:41PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 10:57:41PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > The W routes are ``cloned'' routes. ``netstat'' doesn't bother > showing them. They disappear when the route that they're cloned from > disappears - in this case the ``default'' route. > > If you're running in -auto mode with only the sticky route as per > your original message, ppp will never bother deleting the default so > all the cloned routes will hang around 'till they expire. > > They shouldn't cause any problems. > > If you really want to kill them, you could > > delete default > add default hisaddr > > in ppp.linkdown. > > [.....] > > is alright for static IP but not for dynamic IP. Are you cursed > > with dynamic IP in your area as I am? > > I have the choice - for #27/year, I get a static IP - worth every > penny ! > > What problems does it cause for dynamic IP ? Are the cloned routes > hanging around despite the gateway IP number changing ? Well, I've been trying to duplicate the error all weekend without any success. I suppose that the problem must have been in something other than PPP. No old cloned routes hang around. The real IP numbers hang around when the link is down, but I suppose they are really the best possible guesses for the new dynamic IP numbers. The only problem I can forsee with this strategy is a dial-up caused by netstat -r while offline. Of course, this can be corrected by your ppp.linkdown suggestion. Thanks for the nice work, Aaron Luz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message