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Configuring Internet Protocol (IP) routing

Statements of the gated configuration file

The configuration statements and the order in which these statements appear divide gated.conf into:

Entering a statement out of order causes an error when parsing the configuration file.

Two other types of statement do not fit in these categories:

These statements provide instructions to the parser and control tracing from the configuration file. They do not relate to the configuration of any protocol and may occur anywhere in the gated.conf file.

Following is a summary of the configuration statements that may be used in the gated configuration file. More detailed definitions and descriptions of each of the eight classes of gated statements follow in separate sections.

Directive statements include:


%directory
sets the directory for include files

%include
includes a file into gated.conf

Trace statements include:

traceoptions
specifies which events are traced

tracefile
specifies the tracing output file
Options statements include:

options
defines gated options
Interface statements include:

interfaces
defines gated interfaces

Definition statements include:

autonomoussystem
defines the AS number

routerid
defines the originating router (BGP, OSPF)

martians
defines invalid destination addresses

Protocol statements include:

rip
enables RIP protocol

ospf
enables OSPF protocol

egp
enables EGP protocol

bgp
enables BGP protocol

redirect
configures the processing of ICMP redirects

snmp
enables reporting to SNMP
Static statements include:

static
defines static routes
Control statements include:

import
defines which routes to import

export
defines which routes to export

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