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are processed in batches in the background, that is, when no routing protocol traffic is being
received. Normally, 120 routes are installed at a time to allow other tasks to be performed and
this background processing is done at lower priority than flash updates the following parame-
ters allow tuning of these parameters:
limit number
Specifies the number of route which may be processed at during one batch. The
default is 120.
priority flash | higher | lower
Specifies the priority of the processing of batches of kernel updates in relationship
to the flash update processing. The default is lower which means that flash
updates are processed first. To process kernel updates at the same priority as flash
updates, specify flash; to process them at a lower priority, use lower.
Tracing options
While the kernel interface is not technically a routing protocol, in many cases it is handled as one. The
following two symbols make sense when entered from the command line since the code that uses them is
executed before the trace file is parsed.
symbols
Symbols read from the kernel, by nlist() or similar interface.
iflist
Interface list scan. This option is useful when entered from the command line as the first inter-
face list scan is performed before the configuration file is parsed.
The following tracing options may only be specified in the configuration file. They are not valid from the
command line.
remnants
Routes read from the kernel when GateD starts.
request
Requests by GateD to Add/Delete/Change routes in the kernel forwarding table.
Static Statements
Static statements define the static routes used by GateD. A single static statement can specify any
number routes. The static statements occur after protocol statements and before control statements in
the gated.conf file. Any number of static statements may be specified, each containing any number of
static route definitions. These routes can be overridden by routes with better preference values.
static {
( host host )|default |
( network [(mask mask )|(masklen number )])
gateway gateway_list
[ interface interface_list ]
[ preference preference ]
[ retain ]
[ reject ]
[ blackhole ]
[ noinstall ] ;
( network [(mask mask )|(masklen number )])
interface interface
[ preference preference ]
[ retain ]
[ reject ]
[ blackhole ]
[ noinstall ] ;
};
host host gateway gateway_list
( network [(mask mask )|(masklen number )])
default gateway gateway_list
This is the most general form of the static statement. It defines a static route through one or
more gateways. Static routes are installed when one or more of the gateways listed are avail-
able on directly attached interfaces. If more than one eligible gateways are available, they are
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