[Openswan Users] nexthop? why and can we get rid of it?

[Nate Carlson]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, hallian hallian wrote:
> I have always been wondering why do we need to know the nexthop for our
> remote site connection in advance for openswan to connect.
> 
> 1) Is there anyway we can eliminate this nexthop?
> 2) and why do we need it?
> 
> It's good with static routes when you have a known nexthop which is
> pretty static until it changes one day .  It's hard to manage multiple
> sites when you have to rely on the next hop. It does become a nightmare
> as the nodes increase.  Any information will be appreciated....

if you just use left=%defaultroute, you don't need to specify a nexthop at
all. that will also deal with yur ip address changing.

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