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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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