Commit d05980cf authored by Juliusz Chroboczek's avatar Juliusz Chroboczek

Update manual page.

parent 70470e41
......@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ requests tracing every message sent or received. A value of
is 0.
.TP
.BI \-X " network cost"
Advertise a route for the given network or host with the given
cost.
Unconditionally advertise a route for the given network or host with
the given cost.
.I Network
should be either the string
.BR default ,
......@@ -101,10 +101,9 @@ should either be a 16-bit unsigned integer, or the string
.B infinity
which specifies a blackhole route. Babel itself uses a cost of 256
for a lossless wireless link, and a cost of 128 for a functioning
wired link. This is normally only used for advertising the local
addresses of this machine. Use for any other purpose is discrouraged,
as it can cause persistent routing loops. Redistributing a static
route is a safer alternative.
wired link. This option should not be used, as it may cause
persistent routing loops. Redistributing a static route is a safer
alternative.
.TP
.BI \-t " table"
Use the given kernel routing table for routes inserted by Babel.
......@@ -208,6 +207,17 @@ If
.I action
is not specified, it defaults to
.BR allow .
By default,
.B Babel
redistributes all local addresses, and no other routes. In order to
make sure that only the routes you specify are redistributed, you
should include the line
.IP
redistribute local deny
.PP
as the last line in your configuration file.
.SH EXAMPLES
You can participate in a Babel mesh network by simply running
.IP
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