Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 17:36:49 BST From: Michael Ryan <mike@NetworX.ie> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does FBSD 2.1 honour ICMP redirects? Message-ID: <ECS9608201749B@NetworX.ie>
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On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 09:26:49 PDT Bill Fenner wrote: > You could try installing a host route for the gateway address pointing > to the PPP link, although since once again gateway addresses are only > used to choose the link layer address, I don't think this will do anything > for your redirect problem. > > (e.g. > route add ga.te.wa.y p.p.p.peer > route add default ga.te.wa.y That's exactly what I did, that caused the quota-exceeded message. > but if that even works it will be effectively the same as > > route add default p.p.p.peer > > which is what I think you had Interestingly, the quota-exceeded message didn't prevent "route" from adding the routes, and thereafter, the Redirects stopped... Anyway, I'm just gonna forget about that gateway IP address. I don't know why my ISP instructed me to use it, seeing as they know I'm coming in over a point-to-point link. Thanks sincerely for your help, Mike <mike@NetworX.ie> ---
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