On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 07:37:50AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > Seems some hosting providers have annoying "out of prefix" > default gateways whuch are painful to configure > (https://marc.info/?t=166782242200005&r=1&w=2), should > we give a pointer in route(8)? > > Index: route.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/route/route.8,v > retrieving revision 1.104 > diff -u -p -r1.104 route.8 > --- route.8 29 Jul 2022 18:28:32 -0000 1.104 > +++ route.8 9 Nov 2022 07:29:59 -0000 > @@ -596,6 +596,14 @@ Delete the > route to the 192.168.5.0/24 network: > .Pp > .Dl # route delete -inet 192.168.5.0/24 > +.Pp > +Add a static > +.Xr inet6 4 > +route to a host which is on the vio0 interface that is outside the prefix > +configured on the interface, and use that host as a default gateway: > +.Pp > +.Dl # route add -inet6 2001:db8:efef::1 -cloning -link -iface vio0 > +.Dl # route add -inet6 default 2001:db8:efef::1 > .Sh DIAGNOSTICS > .Bl -diag > .It "%s: gateway %s flags %x" >
I'm fine with this for now. It would be great if we could make ifconfig do the right thing but that is more complex. Setting a destination (like on point-to-point interfaces) is shared with the broadcast address so IFF_BROADCAST handling needs to be adjusted. -- :wq Claudio
