Summary: Unwanted default routes

From: Andreas Höschler (ahoesch_at_smartsoft.de)
Date: 11/23/05

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    Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:04:52 +0100
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    Hi all,

    On Solaris 10 it is a good idea to have /etc/defaultrouter even if the
    machine is supposed to be a router. Creating this file fixed my problem.

    Regards,

         Andreas

    > I have a Solaris 10 machine that at reboot automatically generates
    > default route entries in "netstat -rn" that cause the system to
    > malfunction. I have a script /etc/init.d/defaultrouting that sets one
    > route, but additionally to the route I see default route entires for
    > all other machines in the bge0 net that are configured as routers.
    >
    > Older Solaris versions did not do this mysterious scan. How can I
    > prevent Solaris 10 from automatically adding these "unwanted" entries?
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