Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:18:22 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Chris Tusa at Linisys, LLC" <linisys@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Lan Bridge Message-ID: <20050324111822.30fb3e0d@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: <308313860503231100635d6114@mail.gmail.com> References: <3083138605032116273eacd0f7@mail.gmail.com> <20050322122924.71b7c46a@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> <30831386050322120630eaf58d@mail.gmail.com> <20050322220254.19994f8e@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> <3083138605032214175b078a34@mail.gmail.com> <308313860503231100635d6114@mail.gmail.com>
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I would have thought that
server:
add 192.168.1.234/30 HISADDR
in ppp.linkup should work...
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:00:03 -0600, "Chris Tusa at Linisys, LLC" <linisys@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK,
>
> I put the solution in place and had great results. The ONLY issue that
> I had, is with some routing. In order for the rest of the network to
> communicate with the hosts at the maintainence shed, I had to set a
> 'static route'. I did so using DHCP, no problems there.
>
> However, I have a problem on the PPP server in its routing table:
>
> * I cannot add the static route to 'rc.conf':
>
> static_routes="theshed"
> route_theshed="192.168.1.234 192.168.1.233"
>
> because it creates the table entry pointing to the wrong interface -
> fxp0 instead of tun0
>
> * I tried the same thing in the 'ppp.conf' file. I tried several
> variations with no success:
>
> server:
> add 192.168.1.234 192.168.1.233
> add 192.168.1.234/30 192.168.1.233
>
> * I tried placing a shell script to be run in 'ppp.linkup' on the server
> server:
> bg /etc/ppp/setroute.sh
>
> and then setroute.sh:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> route delete 192.168.1.234
> route add 192.168.1.234 192.168.1.233
>
> STILL FAILS!
>
> But once the PPP link is established, if I add the route manually or
> run the shell script, it works fine thereafter. So the problem is that
> the routing table gets updated with the WRONG interface. The FreeBSD
> man page for 'route' is unclear about how to specify the interface on
> the command line. Any additional advice?
>
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:17:53 -0600, Chris Tusa at Linisys, LLC
> <linisys@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Again,
> >
> > Just a quick note on your last reply, don't know whether this will
> > make an impact:
> >
> > > I guess the missing bit is that the timeclock machine needs a special
> > > routing table with 192.168.1.234/30 on it's crossed-over ethernet
> > > interface and 192.168.1.233 as the default route, allowing data to
> > > get back to the rest of the /24 subnet.
> >
> > The timeclock itself is a proprietary STANDALONE device, not an actual
> > machine with an OS. It has its own configuration interface via its LCD
> > screen and buttons. It only allows me to add the IP, Netmask &
> > Gateway. So I probably can't perform routing table changes to that
> > device.
> >
> > ( http://www.timeclockplus.com/products/hardware/markIII/mark3.aspx )
> >
> >
> > > When you get it all working it'll start to make sense (if it doesn't
> > > already).
> >
> > I will try the configuration tommorrow and see what happens. Thanks so much.
> >
> > --
> > Chris Tusa
> > linisys@gmail.com
> > http://people.linisys.com/ctusa
> >
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> >
>
>
> --
> Chris Tusa
> linisys@gmail.com
> http://people.linisys.com/ctusa
>
> Buy books from my Half.com inventory:
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>
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