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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2000 16:33:33 -0400
From:      Allen Landsidel <all@biosys.net>
To:        Marko Ruban <marko@dppl.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gateway on different subnet
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20001023163228.00c55da8@mail.megapathdsl.net>
In-Reply-To: <39F49ECC.AF8CDFD2@dppl.com>

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At 16:25 10/23/2000 -0400, Marko Ruban wrote:
>Summary of the problem:
>
>Can't assign cable modem gateway (10.17.56.12) to interface
>ed0 with assigned IP (208.59.162.242) - "network unreachable".
>
>I called RCN (my cable provider) and asked them to give me
>a gateway on the same subnet; they said they "don't do that".
>
>
>Part of solution:
>
>I set an alias for ed0 to 10.17.0.1 and it accepted the cable
>modem gateway as is.  BUT, the packets are sent out with source
>address (10.17.0.1) responses to which, I suspect, gateway doesn't
>know how to route.
>
>Question:  how can I have an alias of 10.17.0.1 and send out all
>packets with source address set to 208.59.162.242 (the IP
>that is actually assigned to the interface - not alias).

Use natd to do it.. rewrite all outgoing packets over ed0 with the correct IP.

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