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Date:      Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:13:33 +0000
From:      "Nick A. Fikouras" <nick@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
To:        Afonso Miu <amiu@engin.umich.edu>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Static Route
Message-ID:  <363A0FDD.D7091C03@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.02.9810301359160.3170-100000@ca.engin.umich.edu>

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Afonso Miu wrote:

> How to add static routes in rc.conf so that it will automatically add
> static routes everytime it reboot.
>
> I had read the man page. It said it could be done, but i tried and did
> not work...
>
> The following was what i did:
>
> static_routes="10.0.1.26 10.0.0.18"
>
> can you tell me whats wrong..?
>
> thank you
>

As far as I know the syntax for static_routes is:

static_routes="route_foo route_bar"

where bar and foo are two route names but you can have as many as you
want. The 'route_' part is mandatory. Then you need to specify what routes
foo and bar are by giving right below static_routes:

route_foo="-net xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -netmask yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy"
route_bar="-host zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff -interface epx"

The first entry is a static route to a network while the second one is a
static route to a host. Basically you need to provide the required
information to complete a 'route add' command.
I think the ethernet address in the second entry (all ff's) is mandatory
if you want to avoid some nasty situations.

Enjoy!

--nick 8)


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