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From: yurkon@CYCVAX.NSCL.MSU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: TCP/IP FTP
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.211033.27986@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 91 20:52:32 GMT
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In article <17618@cbmvax.commodore.com>, martin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Martin Hunt) writes...
> 
>The problem is that your Amiga does not know about any networks beyond
>the local one it is attached to.  You can tell it how to access other
>networks by using the "route" command.  For example,
> 
>route add default vax 1
> 
>tells your Amiga to try connecting to unknown networks through machine
>"vax"
> 
>route add net 7.0.0.0 vax 1
> 
>adds a route for network 7 throught "vax"
> 
>To check your current routes, type "netstat -r"
> 
>When connecting to ab20.larc.nasa.gov, you will either have to use the
>internet number or enter the correct number in your Amiga's host table.
>The reason for this is that the current TCP/IP software does not include
>name service software.
> 
>Hope this helps.
> 
>Martin Hunt         Commodore-Amiga          martin@cbmvax.commodore.com  

Using route add default merit-gw.msu.edu worked.  Thanks.  After reading the
manual a little closer, and looking at other UNIX machines here it appears that
the router daemon should handle the router tables even if one is not a router.
I suspect that I do not have the broadcast and subnet mask set correctly.  All
that should happen when I run routed is that it will only find one interface and
not supply routing information.  At least that is all that was necessary to get
the other machines to build their router tables.

What is gateway in the inet.config file used for?

	John     NSCL		YURKON@msunscl.bitnet