Nit, When you say subnet, are you referring to a subnetted address block or the subnet mask?
Two subnets can have the same mask yet they are different subnets, or networks. Routing, by definition, is between networks. A basic route table entry looks like this: network address ->mask->interface to forward to (please, no flames about weighted routes, flags, metrics, etc : )) The two routes your suggesting would look like this example: 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 if0 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 if1 So where do packets for 192.168.0.247 go? The router has two valid routes and results would be unpredictable. If you're thinking about a route entry for a single host: 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 if0 192.168.0.247 255.255.255.255 if1 This doesn't work because broadcast traffic (traffic to 192.168.0.255) would either never get to 192.168.0.247 or the router would see two valid routes. Clear as mud yet? :) nit etc wrote: <snip> > > > I dont see why I would require two different subnets. > Gateways can definetly be configured to route traffic > between > two networks with identical subnets. > > However, in my case, I do believe that things will > work if both my NICs have an IP from Verizon, and I > could add static routes for them with the mask of 32. > The only problem is getting my other machines to > obtain an IP via DHCP. > <snip> _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
