Summary: Getting a machine to route without reboot

Dear managers,

thanks to michael.schneider@calispera.com.

Don't forget to call

> /usr/sbin/in.routed

after doing all the other mentioned modifications, otherwise routing
won't start working (without a reboot).

Regards,

   Andreas


Original question:
> I am setting up a new machine and have just performed the standard
> steps for setting up routing:
>
> rm /etc/defaultrouter
> route add default 212.222.154.113
>
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 1
>
> Destination           Gateway           Flags  Ref   Use   Interface
> -------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
> 212.222.154.112      212.222.154.116      U         1      3  bge2
> 192.168.128.0        192.168.128.1        U         1      2  bge1
> 192.168.1.0          192.168.1.201        U         1      2  bge0
> 224.0.0.0            192.168.1.201        U         1      0  bge0
> default              212.222.154.113      UG        1     37
> 127.0.0.1            127.0.0.1            UH        2    119  lo0
>
> I am almost sure routing will work after the next reboot with this
> script
>
> #!/bin/sh
> case "$1" in
>
> start)
> echo "Adding default route..."
> route add default 212.222.154.113
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip
>
> ip_forwarding 1
> ;;
>
> stop)
> echo "Removing default route..."
> route delete default
>
> 212.222.154.113
> ;;
>
> *)
> echo "Usage: $0 (start|stop)" >&2
> exit 1
> ;;
> esac
> exit 0
>
> in place and activated with ln -s /etc/init.d/defaultrouting
> /etc/rc2.d/S69defaultrouting. I am wondering whether I can get routing
> to work without rebooting the machine. Any ideas what I am missing?
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