23 Jan
2013
23 Jan
'13
4:01 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, lleachii(a)aol.com wrote:
I am running Ubuntu GNU/Linux 12.04.1 LTS, and the
route appears to be
needed. When I remove the route, the RIP44 updates do NOT occur, you noted
that the route is undeed and should populate without. Please assist by
providing more clarity regarding why you feel the route can be safely
removed; and why in practice, that isn't the case.
My gateway is Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, I don't know why 12.04 would be
different. I don't have that route in my setup. Routes are used for
routing outgoing/forwarded packets, not incoming ones, so it's certainly
not needed for receiving things like the RIP packets. There might be a
difference in the IP routing table which you start with, before rip44d is
started, that prevents routes added by rip44d from working.
Which version of rip44d are you using? The latest one, v1.1? Does it have
any modifications or is it the one I released?
After removing the route, and maybe rebooting, but *before* starting
rip44d, could you check the routing table contents (command "ip route")
and mailing them to me?
Then, start rip44d with the -v and -d command line options and wait a few
minutes to see if (1) RIP packets are being received, and (2) which error
messages are printed when they are.
- Hessu