Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:51:00 -0500 (EST) From: Marco Radzinschi <marco@radzinschi.com> To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: gateway on different subnet Message-ID: <20021216184915.Q13591-100000@radzinschi.com> In-Reply-To: <200212161954.gBGJsZL00622@akiva.homer.att.com>
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You need a gateway for the 10.17.47.0 network. Your cable modem should have a second, internal interface with a different IP address. Find out what that IP address is, and do a "route add -net 10.17.47.0 <IP>" Marco Radzinschi E-Mail: marco@radzinschi.com Mon Dec 16 18:49:15 EST 2002 On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, J. W. Ballantine wrote: > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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