As someone else pointed out earlier, gated isn't included in the NetBSD
sources, although there is a place left in the startup files for it.

Now, on to your real question.  Unless you _need_ to run a _dynamic_
routing protocol which learns about routing information from other
systems on the network, you do not need either program.  The kernel has
the ability to route packets from one network to the next, and it only
needs to know how to reach the destination network.  Usually, this can
be most easily done by setting up some static routes with the ``route
add'' command.  

The best example is a NetBSD box with a ppp connection to the Internet
plus an Ethernet connection to a local network.  As long as you set up a
default route to point to your Internet connection, packets will be
routed properly.

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, kazunori miura wrote:

> Hello!
> I am using 1.3 now.
> 1.3 have two routing program.
> they choosed in rc.conf, routed or gated.
> I wonder I must use routed or gated?
> Please advice me.
> -- 
> 
> _________________________________
>          kazunori miura               
>     zao-net system manager
> yamagata city yamagata prefecture
>        kazu@zao.or.jp
> _________________________________
> 

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