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> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:39:34 +0100
> To: Barney Wolff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: Guido van Rooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: route pointing to a gateway that's not on net
>
> Why don't we just start all over again.
>
> IIRC this is his situation:
> 1) Local LAN 10.0.0.0/8
> 2) gateway on that LAN: 10.17.47.37
> 3) Host X on the LAN that should have an 209.122.66.XXX IP address.
>
> I assume here that he controls the 10.17.47.37 gateway.
This is a Hybrid cable modem box, that AFAIK I can't
do the route add on.
>
> This is what he should do:
>
> # give host IP address
> ifconfig xl0 inet 209.122.66.XXX
> # make sure host can send packets to 10.* hosts
> route add -net 10.0.0.0 -iface xl0
> # make sure 10.* hosts can send something back
> # I assume that all 10.* hosts have a deault route to 10.17.47.37
> # The following is done on the gatewaym:
> route add -host 209.122.66.XXX -iface <local interface name>
> # Okay..now 209.122.66.XXX should be able to reach all 10 hosts
> # the following should add reachbility of the rest of the world, except
> # 209.122.66.*
> route add default 10.17.47.37
>
> at this point he an do what I suggested to give reachability to the other
> 209.122.66.* hosts
>
> -Guido
>
FWIW, and I know it's not much, windows, mac and linux will work
with this strange setup.
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