Routing Interview Question:

How to Use in.routed?

Submitted by: Administrator

On a SunOS machine, in.routed will automatically be started if there is no /etc/defaultrouter file and in.rdisc failed to find any Router Discovery compliant routers on the local network. in.routed will automatically start on routers if there is no /etc/defaultrouter file, even if in.rdisc is running. in.routed supports RIPv1 only. You should not need to do anything, other than possibly deleting an /etc/defaultrouter file, in order to get in.routed to run. You can force in.routed to bring up standard network routes by putting entries for them into the file /etc/gateways. The standard format for that file is: net <remote-network-ip> gateway <gateway-ip> metric <hop-count> passive or: net <remote-network-ip> gateway <gateway-ip> metric <hop-count> active remote-network-ip, gateway-ip and hop-count.
Submitted by: Administrator