Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 14:44:48 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "W. J. Williams" <will@willardjwilliams.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: five networks Message-ID: <3E7382B0.9040102@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20030315193305.97408.qmail@web13506.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030315193305.97408.qmail@web13506.mail.yahoo.com>
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W. J. Williams wrote: > Bill Moran, > > New people to this stuff are very fortunate to have people like you lend > their expertise...especially to point out what we do and don't > understand...the rest of you newbies out there, this guy is aces. > > Bill, please learn not to slam, but to help. Huh? I spent a considerable amount of time crafting that reply. If it didn't help, I apoligize. > > Will > > --- Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > >>W. J. Williams wrote: >> >>>why isn`t this working: >>> >>>1. I would like to configure a separate network on five freebsd boxes. >>> >>>192.168.0 >>>192.168.1 >>>192.168.2 >>>192.168.3 >>>192.168.4 >>> >>> >>>2. My DSL router has network 192.168.0, I also have one of my fbsd >> >>boxes >> >>>in this network (192.168.0.2) >>> >>>3. I can add the other machines to the 192.168.0 network, no problem, >>>using default router 192.168.0.1, broadcast 255.255.255.0, >>> >>>4. I tried to configure 192.168.2.1 on one box, using >>>gateway_enable="YES", router_enable="YES", >>>defaultrouter=192.168.2.1....doesnt work. >>> >>>what am i doing wrong in getting this box up and running? >> >>You don't understand routing. >>If you ifconfig a box to be 192.168.2.1/24 and then set the default >>router >>to be 192.168.2.1: the machine sends all traffic not destined for >>192.168.2.0/24 to itself to be routed. However, it didn't know how >>to route the traffic the first time, thus it isn't going to work the >>second time either. One good rule to remember is that a default gateway >>should always be a different machine, and one that has _more_ routing >>capability that the one you're configuring. >>If I understand your description correctly, the default gateway should >>be 192.168.0.1 for all these machines. >>I can only assume that you're configuring the system in such a manner >>for experimental purposes, as I can see no reason for such a >>configuration >>in practice. >>You leave netmasks off in your description, but I'm assuming that you're >>using /24 for everything. This means you'll have to put static routes >>in >>each machine to allow them to get to 192.168.0.1, as they'll have no way >>to automatically reach that machine. The default router will also need >>routes manually configured in order to be able to communicate back to >>them >>(unless it's running some sort of route discovery program). >> >>If you're not configuring the network like this for experimental >>reasons, >>then you're configuring it very poorly. A small network like you >>describe should have all the machines on the same subnet: 192.168.0.2, >>192.168.0.3, 192.168.0.4, etc >> >>-- >>Bill Moran >>Potential Technologies >>http://www.potentialtech.com >> > > > > ===== > Will Williams > > -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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