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Date:      Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:35:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Slow startup after configuring ethernet card
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981012083432.2865A-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <199810112337.TAA03501@federation.addy.com>

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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> On 11-Oct-98 Dan Busarow wrote:
> > The value for gateway should be the IP address of a machine connected
> > to another network (typically the Internet).
> 
> My intention is to use this computer as the gateway for another 5
> computers.
> 
> Someone else mentioned to make the gateway 0.0.0.0

Which implies that you are planning on a PPP connection.  Don't assign
a gateway in rc.conf, your PPP startup will take care of this for
you.

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
 Dana Point Communications, a California corporation        dan@dpcsys.com
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