Thank you. I see it now. I have tested it and it works. The part that kept
hanging me up was that I would have two NICs with the same network. But, now
I see that by setting the netmask for the alias that problem goes away.
George Sexton
MH Software, Inc.
Voice: 303 438 9585
http://www.mhsoftware.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Walter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 1:04 PM
> To: George Sexton
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Source Address Autoselection (Sort of Long)
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 12:55:33PM -0600, George Sexton wrote:
> > >
> > > ifconfig wan0:0 aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast
> > > 255.255.255.255
> > > route add -host 192.168.104.1 dev wan0:0 # l1
> > > route add default gw 192.168.104.1 dev wan0:0 # x1
> > > route del -host 192.168.104.1 dev wan0:0 # l2
> >
> > I think I kind of understand where this is going. Thank you for your
> > patience. If you could help me understand one more part I think
> I will have
> > it. The part I don't understand is what IP to assign to the
> alias. Here is
> > my complete config:
> >
> >
> > subnet 166.66.66.192
> > mask 166.66.66.224
>
> I assume this is a typo and your mask is 255.255.255.224.
>
> >
> > Gateway 166.66.66.193 <- eth0
> > Wan0 192.168.104.2 <- Wan0
> >
> >
> > Other hosts 166.66.66.194-222
> >
> > What is the address that I would assign to wan0:0?
>
> If you want that the host appears as 166.66.66.193 for the
> outside world you
> should use 166.66.66.193. If you prefer another unused address from
>
> 166.66.66.192/255.255.255.224
>
> But I see no reason why you don't want to use 166.66.66.193.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Wolfgang Walter
>
> --
> Veni, Vidi, VISA:
> I came, I saw, I did a little shopping.
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