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Dynamic Routing Configuration

The kernel routing table is maintained by the routed daemon, which communicates with other routed daemons on the network using a variant of the Xerox NS Routing Information Protocol (RIP). These systems broadcast information about the networks to which they are connected; they also broadcast all the information that they learn from other daemons. Client systems listen to these broadcasts to set up their own routing tables.

Use the Dynamic Routing Configuration form to set these parameters:

Enable dynamic routing: This selection turns routing on and off for this system. Select Yes to turn on dynamic routing and No to turn it off. Typically, any system connected to a company intranet that contains more than one network should have dynamic routing turned on.

(Default value: Yes)

Note: This is identical to the Enable dynamic routing selection on the Gateway Configuration form. You can change the setting from either form (your selection is automatically applied to the Gateway Configuration form to update it).

(Default value: none)

Offer default destination for unknown routes: This selection controls whether this system can route to any destination that is not broadcast. Often the Internet gateway system routes packets from the internal company intranet to the external Internet. If your system requires this ability, select Yes to turn on routing to external Internet locations; select No to turn it off.

(Default value: none)

Force router to supply network information: By default, systems with only one network interface do not broadcast routing information. Select Yes to override the default behavior so this system will send routing broadcasts.

(Default value: none)

Print all inbound and outbound packets to standard output device: This is a useful option for testing. If you select Yes, every routing information packet that this daemon hears on the network or that it sends will be printed. You should select No for normal operation.

(Default value: none)

Advertise host routes on the primary interface: For systems with multiple network interfaces, it is often useful to broadcast a false host route for a network address to other systems to reduce the likelihood of routing loops. This broadcasts information about all non-primary network interfaces to the network attached to the primary interface. For the same behavior on the non-primary network interfaces, use the option below.

(Default value: none)

Advertise host routes on secondary interfaces: For systems with multiple network interfaces, it is often useful to broadcast a false host route for the network address to other machines to reduce the likelihood of routing loops. This broadcasts information about all interfaces to each network to which the system is connected except the primary interface. For the same behavior on the primary interface, use the option above.

(Default value: none)

Filename for logging routing events: This is a useful parameter for debugging routing problems. Enter the path name for the file in which all routing events will be saved (such as /usr/tmp/route.events). Whenever a route is added, deleted, or changed, a note about the event is recorded in this file.

(Default value: none)

Filter out routes to network Blank and replace with a default with hop count of: Enter a network interface address in dotted decimal (such as 1.2.3.4) or hexadecimal (such as 0x01020304) notation and a hop count of an integer less than sixteen. The purpose of this filter is to reduce the propagation of routes to slow links by sending a single default route. This is often used on systems connected to slow PPP links over modem lines to reduce traffic overhead of passing large routing packets over the link.

(Default value for hop count: 14)
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