From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 31 13:00:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA08195 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 13:00:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA08189 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 13:00:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA10641; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 12:58:48 -0700 (PDT) To: tom@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New routed In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 31 Aug 1996 12:05:46 EDT." Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 12:58:48 -0700 Message-ID: <10638.841521528@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > YES. Things work fine without routed if you have a connection with a > FIXED IP number. If your connection gives you a separate IP number on > every call, the route for your new IP number to use 127.0.0.1 as > a gateway is only put in the table IF you are running routed or gated. > All other entries, including the default route are updated > properly by ijppp IF they exist when it re-establishes the connection. Erm, I'm sorry but this just doesn't make any sense. Your route_loopback shouldn't change one whit, whether you have a dynamic IP address or not, and there's nothing at all you've said here which brings me any closer to understanding why you need to run routed. Jordan