
Configuring mrouted
How to Configure mrouted
How to Configure mrouted
When the mrouted daemon starts, it automatically reads the default configuration file /etc/mrouted.conf. You can override the default configuration file by specifying an alternate file while invoking mrouted. See “Starting mrouted” on page 36 for more information. If you change the /etc/mrouted.conf file while mrouted is running, issue the following command to reread the configuration file:
kill 
By default, mrouted automatically configures itself to forward on all 
Configuration Commands
You can define the configuration commands in the /etc/mrouted.conf configuration file. mrouted supports five configuration commands: phyint, tunnel, cache_lifetime, pruning, and name. One or more options are associated with each command.
The syntax of each command is as follows:
phyint 
[boundary 
tunnel 
[boundary 
cache_lifetime ct
pruning off/on
name 
phyint
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