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For routing its own packets, the filer relies on the default route and explicit routes.
Typically, the filer learns explicit routes through icmp redirect messages received
from the default router; you do not need to enter explicit routes in the filers routing
table. To display the filers current routing table, use the netstat -r command. For
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If you must enter explicit information into the filers routing table, use the
route com-
mand. See the route(1) man page about how to add or modify information in the
routing table.
If the filer cannot find an explicit route in the routing table for a particular destination,
it uses the default route. This means that the filer sends the traffic to the default
router, which is specified in the /etc/dgateways file in the root volume.
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One default router is specified during setup. You can, however, add potential default
routers at any time to the /etc/dgateways file in the root volume. For each added
router, you should also specify the metric, which is a number indicating the route pref-
erence for the router. The highest preference is 1, which is also the default preference
for the router specified during setup. The lowest preference is 15. For information
about the format of the /etc/dgateways file, refer to The /etc/dgateways File on
page 13.
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To help manage multiple routers and to enable you to create redundant routing
schemes, the filer runs the routed daemon, a simple routing daemon, which is
enabled at boot time. This daemon listens for Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
packets being exchanged between routers on the network to determine which rout-
ers are alive. From the routers that are alive, the routed daemon selects the one
with the highest preference to use as the filers default router.
However, the filer doesnt rely on the routed daemon to construct the routing table.
The function of the filers routed daemon is to check the status of the default router.
Refer to the route(1), routed(1), and dgateways(1) man pages to learn more about
routing on the filer.