In article , [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > > > > Can I chip in with a question for everyone now? > > > > If you apply more specific routes to all devices for an address > > which > > should appear on your local subnet, will it then try the routed > > path to > > the device. > > > > eg Machine addressed 100.100.100.100 255.255.255.0 > > route add 100.100.100.10 mask 255.255.255.255 [default gateway] > > This is a host-specific route. Operating systems should understand this and > behave correctly. Host-specific routes have been around for a long time, > like probably since the birth of IP. They solve various problems. > > So I tred it on a Windows 98 PC. I added the route and then pinged the > device specified in the addition. > > The PC ARPed for the default gateway and then sent the ping to the default > gateway, even though the device is really local. The default gateway sent > the packet back out the same Ethernet and the local machine replied directly > to my PC. I would have expected a redirct from the router too, but I didn't > see one. > > Now, is this behavior specific to the host-specific route? I wonder if I do > something like: > > route add 100.100.100.2 255.255.255.0 default gateway > > Hmmmmmm > > Oh, Windows 98 won't let me do that! ;-) It will only let me add a > host-specific route. Makes sense I guess. And then it does behave correctly > when I add a host-speciif route (e.g., it does what the route tells it to do.) > > _______________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > www.troubleshootingnetworks.com > www.priscilla.com > > > > > Not that you'd want to do it, but just wondering. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Gaz > >
I would have thought Windows 98 would accept something like: route add 100.100.100.240 mask 255.255.255.240 [default gateway] I don't think there's any restriction to host routes. I wonder though if you don't bother with the individual route on the PC's (which you obviously wouldn't want to do on a larger scale), would the router proxy arp for addresses which should be on it's ethernet, if you applied a route via the serial for example. I'll try it later, but I'm having my dinner :-)) Gaz Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56417&t=56347 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
