Configuring gated
Customizing Routes
Customizing Routes
gated maintains the routing table in user space, and synchronizes this table with the kernel routing table. This section describes statements for setting up customized routes in the Static class of the gated configuration file, /etc/gated.conf. You can use these statements to specify default routers, static routes, passive interfaces, and routing metrics for interfaces.
Specifying a Default Router
A static route provides a specific destination for network packets. The static route is a network address or a host address through a router. This route is installed in the kernel’s routing table. The following is an example of a static route for the default route:
static {
default gateway 15.13.114.196 retain ; } ;
The retain qualifier ensures that the entry is not deleted when gated exists.
Installing Static Routes
The static statement specifies a router or an interface in the kernel routing tables. The following is an example of a static route:
static {
193.2.1.32mask 0xfffffff0 gateway 193.2.1.30 preference 8 retain ;
} ;
If you specify an export statement for the default route, the route is passed on to other routers. If you specify only the static statement and not an export statement, then the default route is not passed on as a route to other routers. This is considered a passive default route, and is used only by the host where this gated is running. The retain clause retains the route in the kernel even after gated shuts down.
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