problem with routd on OSx5.1

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In article <sean.676647345 at coombs> sean at coombs.anu.edu.au (Sean Batt) writes:
>I now have a default route in /etc/gateways pointing to the Welfleet
>that hides us from the rest of the campus network. It works, sort of -
>I really used to like getting the occasional network unreachable
>message.

I've thought about just adding a default route, but shouldn't have too!

>Do you get the original set of gateway broadcasts that routed requests
>as it fires up?

Here's the actual output from a routed -t that ran for at least 5 minutes.
I've not looked at this before and an not certain of how each line should
be interpreted.  Though most of it is fairly obvious, the SIOCADDRT lines
mean nothing to me.

ADD dst 130.123.0.0, router 130.123.1.3, metric 0, flags UP state INTERFACE|CHANGED
SIOCADDRT: File exists
ADD dst 127.0.0.0, router 127.0.0.1, metric 0, flags UP state PASSIVE|INTERFACE|CHANGED|EXTERNAL
ADD dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.0.3, metric 1, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE|CHANGED
DELETE dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.0.3, metric 1, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE|CHANGED
ADD dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.0.1, metric 1, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE|CHANGED
DELETE dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.0.1, metric 1, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE|CHANGED
ADD dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.75.1, metric 1, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE|CHANGED
REQUEST to 130.123.75.1.0:
	dst 0.0.0.0 metric 16
REQUEST to 130.123.0.1.0:
	dst 0.0.0.0 metric 16
REQUEST to 130.123.0.3.0:
	dst 0.0.0.0 metric 16
sendto: Address already in use
REQUEST to 127.0.0.1.0:
	dst 0.0.0.0 metric 16
REQUEST to 130.123.255.255.0:
	dst 0.0.0.0 metric 16
RESPONSE from 130.123.75.1.520:
	[routing info deleted]
RESPONSE from 130.123.131.1.520:
	[routing info deleted]
CHANGE FROM dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.75.1, metric 1, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE
CHANGE TO dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.75.1, metric 16, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE|CHANGED
CHANGE FROM dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.75.1, metric 16, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE
SIOCDELRT: No such process
DELETE dst 0.0.0.0, router 130.123.75.1, metric 16, flags UP|GATEWAY state REMOTE
SIOCDELRT: No such process

>Let me know if you get a resolution to this problem.

Certainly!

Cheers,
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