"Johnson,Alex" wrote:
>
> The problem with defaultrouter that it supposedly starts the Solaris routing
> software too. This is a bad thing since it would "publish" the Nodebus IP
> addresses.
>
It's some time since I looked at this but, if you put in the
/etc/defaultrouter it stops the routher discovery running rather than
starting it. If the default router is set then in.routed is not
required.
This is the comments from /etc/init.d/inetinit
# Configure default routers using the local "/etc/defaultrouter"
# configuration file. The file can contain the hostnames or IP
# addresses of one or more default routers. If hostnames are used,
# each hostname must also be listed in the local "/etc/hosts" file
# because NIS and NIS+ are not running at the time that this script is
# run. Each router name or address is listed on a single line by
# itself in the file. Anything else on that line after the router's
# name or address is ignored. Lines that begin with "#" are
# considered comments and ignored.
#
# The default routes listed in the "/etc/defaultrouter" file will
# replace those added by the kernel during diskless booting. An
# empty "/etc/defaultrouter" file will cause the default route
# added by the kernel to be deleted.
then further down
#
# Run routed/router discovery only if we don't already have a default
# route installed.
I think that rdisc and in.routed is the default for Solaris if the
/etc/defaultrouter is not set???
You certainly don't want router discovery or in.routed running on a
system connected to a Foxboro system or on the Foxboro system itself.
It nearly drove me mad until we set up static routes everywhere.
Darryl Bond
NRG Gladstone
> I can't say that I've tested that myself, but if someone (Darryl?) is using
> it do a ps -ef | grep in.routed and see if it is running. If it is, you
> could be publishing a bunch of IP addresses that are not unique.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex Johnson
> The Foxboro Company
> 10707 Haddington
> Houston, TX 77043
> 713.722.2859 (v)
> 713.722.2700 (sb)
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darryl Bond [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 5:19 PM
> To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
> Subject: Re: Ethernet Networking Question
>
> "Loupe, Rory" wrote:
> >
> > You need to add the router as the default gateway. First enter
> "route add
> > default 112.113.1.1", next edit /etc/fox/rc.foxapps and add "route
> add
> > default 112.113.1.1" to the file.
> >
> > Rory Loupe
>
> The Sun way is to add the entry for the router in /etc/hosts
> 112.113.1.1 router
>
> Then create a file called /etc/defaultrouter with the word 'router'
> in
> it.
>
> echo router >/etc/defaultrouter
>
> When Solaris boots it will configure the default router for you.
>
> Darryl Bond
> NRG Gladstone
>
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