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From: RAF@CU.NIH.GOV (Roger Fajman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Default routes in PC/TCP
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Date: 16 Feb 90 17:41:35 GMT
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> The original PCIP package supported configuration of one default IP router,
> and a local table of other routers built up via ICMP redirect messages.
> This is what PC/TCP does at the moment, and I assume that most, if not all
> of the other PCIP descendants do the same.

It's a pain too, if you have multiple routers on your LAN.  There's no
way to configure things so that if one router goes out you will use
another automatically.  The upcoming Gateway Discovery protocol should
be the ultimate solution to this, but in the meantime it would be
helpful if PC/TCP were able to listen to RIP broadcasts for a default
route only.  Configuring multiple default routes would also be useful,
but requires changing everyone's configuration if you add another
router.