On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 06:07:55PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: > "David H. Silber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The default is for addresses whose routes are not specified by the > > routing table. Packets destined for any computer with an IP in the > > 192.168.1.0 network will be sent out eth0. Everything else will go > > out the (default) eth1. > > David, thanks for your reply. > > I still don't understand something. Doesn't the line: > > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > mean "send everything addressed to IP's 192.168.1.* through default > gateway"? But this way the kernel will be sending communications for > 192.168.1.1 through 209.226.71.1. So I must be wrong in translating > the line above...
It means "send everything addressed to IP's 192.168.1.* through the specified interface", in this case, eth0. -- David H. Silber -- http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] For custom software, see: http://www.SilberSoft.com/ Palm OS / Linux Documentation: http://www.orbits.com/Palm/