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From: karrer@bernina.ethz.ch (Andreas Karrer)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: configuring gated on a backup router
Message-ID: <1991May28.195634.29065@bernina.ethz.ch>
Date: 28 May 91 19:56:34 GMT
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
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I'm having problems with setting up gated on a router that should only
be used when a router parallel to it is down:

                |       |
                +---B---+
            A---|       |---D
                +---C---+
                |       |

A backs up its filesystems to D's exabyte. This takes *ages* when it is
routing thru C, but it's near the top speed of the exabyte when routing thru B.

I tried "interfacemetric <address> 1" in C's gated.conf, but then sometimes
A is talking to B *thru B* although A and C are on the same subnet.

btw all these are talking RIP only.


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  Andi Karrer, Communication Systems, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
  karrer@bernina.ethz.ch                 - terible simplifieur