Sorry, the Gateway Default should have been this: DEFAULTNET 10.2.8.2 Z990CH41LNK1 1492 0 On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:04:40 -0500, Matthew Stitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for the help, Chris. > >Here are the GATEWAY statements I've been using: > 10.0.0.0 = Z990CH41LNK1 1492 0.255.248.0 0.2.8.0 > 192.0.0.0 = IQDIO1 8192 0.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 > DEFAULTNET 9.2.8.2 Z990CH41LNK1 1492 0 > >On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:11:18 +0200, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Matthew >> >>I thought you said it worked with Steve's example. Now you say you still >>have a problem. However, you say you don't have a problem when using the >>GATEWAY statement. >> >>It's very easy to convert a GATEWAY statement to a BEGINROUTES/ENDROUTES >>block of statements. Perhaps you should post your - working - GATEWAY >>statement and we can convert it for you. >> >>Meantime I'll explain as best as I can the example - derived from Steve's >>example - I used before - although I'll skip the "hypersockets" part since I >>have no experience of that. If your hypersockets doesn't work, we'll have to >>deal with that separately and I'll need to do some reading. >> >> BEGINROUTES >>; Where is the gateway? >> ROUTE 10.1.1.0/24 = ETH1 MTU 8192 >>; All other traffic defaults here >> ROUTE DEFAULT 10.1.1.254 ETH1 MTU 8192 >> ENDROUTES >> >>ROUTE 10.1.1.0/24 = ETH1 MTU 8192 says that all packets in IP address range >>10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.254 are sent *directly* - directly is what the "=" sign >>says - over interface ETH1 and the maximum frame size is 8192. >> >>Since we are claiming to be able to reach all IP addresses in the range >>10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.254 *directly* over interface ETH1, we are saying that >>any address in that range can be the subject of an "address resolution >>protocol" (ARP) request used in order to get a MAC address for the IP >>address in an ARP reply. >> >>ROUTE DEFAULT 10.1.1.254 ETH1 MTU 8192 says that all other packets are sent >>*indirectly* and are sent initially to IP interface address 10.1.1.254 over >>interface ETH1 and the maximum frame size is 8192. >> >>You'll note that there will be no difficulty sending packets to IP interface >>address 10.1.1.254 because we just defined how to send packets to any of the >>IP addresses in the range 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.254 and 10.1.1.254 happens to >>be one of the IP addresses in that range. >> >>Chris Mason ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
