Gaz wrote: > > I would have thought Windows 98 would accept something like: > > route add 100.100.100.240 mask 255.255.255.240 [default gateway]
It depends on the host's own address. And I've forgotten what we said that was by now. ;-) > > I don't think there's any restriction to host routes. A host route is one that specifies a specific address, i.e. the mask is 255.255.255.255. I doubt there are restrictions to that either, although, obviously, you have to point to a local default gateway and not just any old address. But there are restrictions to other routes, depending on the bit pattern. I'm using different addresses than in our example and don't really feel like twidling bits, but I was able to do something like this: My address is 100.100.100.17 255.255.255.224 I can: route add 100.100.100.16 mask 255.255.255.240 gateway That causes the packets for 100.100.100.16/28 to go through the gateway router. I can't do the following though. Windows 98 gives an error message and won't add the route: route add 100.100.100.2 mask 255.255.255.240 gateway I can do this though: route add 100.100.100.2 mask 255.255.255.254 gateway > > 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 think that would work, if I understand what you're saying. For example, if you had a host-specific route on the router that pointed to the serial interface, I think the router would proxy ARP for requests to find that host. If you also had a host loally with that same address, the requester would get 2 replies, though, and that would be ugly. Feel free to try it though (but after dinner!) ;-) _______________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer www.troubleshootingnetworks.com www.priscilla.com > > 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=56418&t=56347 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
