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NAME
dgateways - default gateways list
SYNOPSIS
/etc/dgateways
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/dgateways file is used by the routed command to construct a set of
potential default gateways. The file is comprised of a series of lines, each in the
following format:
gateway
metric
gateway
is the name or address of a gateway to be used as a potential default
gateway.
metric
is a metric indicating the preference weighting of the gateway. 1 is the
value to use for highest preference, 15 for the least. If no value is specified,
met-
ric
will default to the value 1.
There can be a maximum of 128 valid entries in the /etc/dgateways file - addi-
tional ones will be ignored, with an error message being displayed. Duplicate
gateway names or addresses are not allowed - only the first one encountered in
the file will be added by routed to the default gateway table, and the additional
ones will produce error messages.
EXAMPLE
Here are typical lines from the /etc/dgateways file:
main_router 1
backup_router 2
SEE ALSO
routed, setup
dgateways