On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:18 PM, James B. Byrne <byrn...@harte-lyne.ca> wrote: > > On Tue, September 4, 2012 14:34, James B. Byrne wrote: >> We use a dual homed CentOS-6.3 host for our Internet gateway router. >> Its internal nic (eth1) is configured such that the address >> 192.168.0.1 is one of its aliases. >> > > per: Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com > Tue Sep 4 15:01:18 EDT 2012 > >>> # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:192BOOTPROTO=none >>> DEVICE=eth1:192 >>> IPADDR=192.168.0.1 >>> NETMASK=255.255.0.0 >>> >>> Internal packets routed to 192.168.209.41 are passing through this >>> router out onto the network. I am afraid that the reason is not >>> evident to me and I have been unable to locate an answer. >> >> That netmask says the interface handles the range from >> 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255. Maybe you meant 255.255.255.0? > > There are presently two subnets on the lan, 192.168.209.0 and > 192.168.209.0. I believe that the present netmask is correct in these > circumstances.
If the 192.168.209.x range is connected to this interface, then I don't think I understand the problem. I thought you were saying those addresses should not go out this interface. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos