Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:09:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> To: paffio <ocnlba@tin.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with a gateway Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105231404400.98953-100000@cody.jharris.com> In-Reply-To: <000c01c0e3ae$b9cd0650$65010b3e@nuovo>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 23 May 2001, paffio wrote: > > I've a lan with some hosts. I want that all the packets going from the > host A to the host B don't go directly to it but through the host G. Are A,B,and G all on the same logical network. WHat are their IP addresses and netmasks? > > I did it, but I've a problem with my configuration, it works only a > time. What happens when you ping it (not traceroute)? DO you get an ICMP redirect? > > I did this (A,B,G are the IP addresses): > > host A : > > route add B G > > host B : > > gateway_enable="YES" (/etc/rc.conf) > > > Now, if I execute "traceroute B" on the host A, it works, that's the > resulting route is A-G-B. > > On the contrary the second time it is: A-B. > > I executed also "netstat -r", the first time there is the right entry > > > destination gateway ...... > B G ...... > > > > the second time it is so splitted: > > > > destination gateway ...... > B B_ethernet_address ...... > G G_ethernet_address ... > > > > Can I avoid this splitting ? Are B and A on the same IP network? Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> - Keep on Routing in a Free World... "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0105231404400.98953-100000>