Thanks for the advice, but I want to get it working not write a thesis on it. Perhaps you could answer a few questions that will help me along that path? I gather I need to get ospf working on the interface (ppp0). I have seen no mention of how to get that to happen and the question has been raised "does Linux support ospf on a ppp connection?". The people I am connecting to run BSD. I also gather I need to have multicast on that inetrface which I can do with ifconfig ppp0 multicast broadcast -pointopoint or is there a better way? Any constructive assistance much appreciated :-) Willie *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/04/98, at 13:31, Stephen Schaefer-NCS Sr SE wrote: >To learn about OSPF (and other protocols) I recommend chapters 5 and 6 of >``Managing IP Networks with Cisco Routers'' by Scott M. Ballew, from >O'Reilly and Associates. If you want every hideous detail, there's >RFC1583. Once you understand what you want your routing protocols to do, >the gated man pages should be intelligible, but they will be useless until >then. > > - Stephen -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.