That agrees with my understanding. What I didn't know is if a single 192.168.0.0/16 could replace the two 192.168.0.0/24 and 192.168.5.0/24 routes.
Either way - I'm still not getting the communication I want. Any more ideas/suggestions? --- Daniel On 2015-08-19 10:21, Rui Santos wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > On 19-08-2015 17:59, dmil...@amfes.com wrote: >> Is there a difference between doing 192.168.0.0/16, vs having two >> routes >> of 192.168.0.0/24 and 192.168.5.0/24? > In your example, the /16 route will never be used when communicating to > any of those /24 networks. > > Routing algorithms specify that when multiple routes to the same > destination exists, the route that will be used is the more specific > one. > So, a /24 will be used instead of an existing /23 or /16 in your case. > This is why the default gateway is the "last resort" gateway it a /0 > network, which means all destinations. > > Hope it helped on your routing understating. > > Regards, > Rui > >> >> My thinking, flawed as it is, is: >> 1. Both hosts have known routing tables that allow them to >> communicate. >> 2. At each host, define an additional route that utilizes the >> existing >> routes. >> >> something like - (since this is Windows): >> route add 192.168.5.6 10.59.97.8 (on VirtualBox) - and then - >> route add 192.168.5.119 192.168.5.6 >> >> I don't see a reason to add any routes to the Windows client - >> it's >> already talking. >> >> But since I've tried this and it doesn't work - obviously I'm missing >> something. >> >> --- >> Daniel >> >> On 2015-08-19 02:24, Doug Lytle wrote: >>> Erich Titl wrote: >>>>> I already have 192.168.0.0/24 routes on the Windows client >>>> This route does not cover 192.168.5.x >>> To expand on that just a little bit. >>> >>> 192.168.0.0/24 only covers 192.168.0.1-254, you'd want /16 >>> >>> Doug >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openvpn-users mailing list >>> Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Openvpn-users mailing list >> Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users >> >> > > -- > Melhores Cumprimentos / Best Regards, > > *Rui Santos* <mailto:rsan...@ruisantos.com> > Systems Administrator > <https://www.facebook.com/GRUP0PIE> > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/grupopie-portugal> > <https://twitter.com/GrupoPIE> <http://www.youtube.com/user/PIEGrupo> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-users mailing list > Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
