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From: RUBIN@GRAF.POLY.EDU (David Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.proteon
Subject: Proteon not accepting static routes
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Date: 30 Aug 90 16:16:08 GMT
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I came across a problem with our P4200 that I did not realize before.
When I define a static route to a network, it seems that the Proteon is
not listening to it.  I needed to turn on RIP in order to get things
to work correctly, which I'd rather not do since we have a small network
and static routes would be more efficient.

Scenario: Router interface is 128.238.6.10.  Unix host at 128.238.6.5 is
acting as a gateway to a local network: 191.238.65.0  (this strange
address is required due to subnetting limitations on the Unix host).
I have set a static route in the proteon for 191.238.65.0, first hop
128.238.6.5, cost 1.

When I go to Process 5, IP, and ask for the route to 191.238.65.5,
response is "No net route, using default", and packets are sent to our
default Nysernet gateway.  When I Enable Receiving RIP for this
interface, the Unix host's routed successfuly provides the Proteon with
the RIP information, and things work as desired.

Am I missing something? Is there something else I must do to get the static
route to work so I can turn off RIP?  We are using software Rev. 8.1a.

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