From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 3 06:46:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA16016 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 06:46:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA16008 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 06:46:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA28071; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 09:44:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 09:44:45 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9606031344.AA28071@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: route command w/o metrics (why?) In-Reply-To: <199606030821.KAA04825@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <199606030821.KAA04825@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Just out of curiousity: Why does the BSD route command not require > a metrics parameter? Why would it require one? What purpose would it serve? -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant