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Date:      Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:09:12 -0800
From:      "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org>
To:        "Marco Radzinschi" <marco@radzinschi.com>, "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: gateway on different subnet 
Message-ID:  <00a501c2a53f$006c1080$3224200a@bwhalen>
References:  <200212161954.gBGJsZL00622@akiva.homer.att.com>

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If you just do a dhcp setup, do an ifconfig -a, netstat -r and paste the
results.

    Bri

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com>
To: "Marco Radzinschi" <marco@radzinschi.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: gateway on different subnet


>
> When I do the route add default, I get:
>
> tinlizzie# route -v add -net default 10.17.47.37
> u: inet 0.0.0.0; u: inet 10.17.47.37; u: inet 0.0.0.0; RTM_ADD: Add Route:
len
> 128, pid: 0, seq 1, errno 0, flags:<UP,GATEWAY,STATIC
> >
> locks:  inits:
> sockaddrs: <DST,GATEWAY,NETMASK>
>  default 10.17.47.37 default
> route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable
> add net default: gateway 10.17.47.37: Network is unreachable
>
>
> ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>
> >  Date:  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:46:12 -0500 (EST)
> >  To:  "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com>
> >  From:  Marco Radzinschi <marco@radzinschi.com>
> >  Subject:  Re: gateway on different subnet
> >
> >
> >  On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, J. W. Ballantine wrote:
> >
> >  > Hi,
> >  >
> >  > In order to save the internet address space, my cable co has setup
their
> >  > network with a live address for my
> >  > PC but an address on a private 10.0.0.0 network for the cable modem.
> >  > Now of course, this is also the
> >  > gateway and dhcp server.  The problem is trying to get FreeBSD to use
> >  > this private address as the gateway for
> >  > the live address.    This config works for windows and they claim mac
> >  > OS, but I can't get it to work for FreeBSD.  I've tried ifconfig
> >  > default, but that returns NO ROUTE TO HOST, and I've thougth about
using
> >  > an alias on the
> >  > NIC, but that would send it out with the private network address and
not
> >  > be able to find its way home.
> >  >
> >  > Any of you network wizards out there have the proper spell to get
this
> >  > working???
> >  >
> >  > Thanks
> >  >
> >  > Jim Ballantine
> >
> >  As lnog as your internal subnet is different from the cable modem's
> >  subnet, you should be fine, as the DHCP client ought to set up the
default
> >  route for you.
> >
> >  Otherwise, "route add default <IP>" should do it.  It is my
understanding
> >  that the default route should not be the cable modem though, since it
is
> >  supposed to act like a bridge.
> >
> >  AT least this is how it works for me, except that the cable modem has a
> >  192.168.100.* address as well as a 10/8, but I don't have either as a
> >  default route.
> >
> >  Marco Radzinschi
> >  E-Mail: marco@radzinschi.com
> >
> >  Mon Dec 16 14:42:22 EST 2002
> >
>
>
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