From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 14 13:56:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA16730 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Jun 1996 13:56:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA16691 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 1996 13:56:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id NAA10531 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 1996 13:20:53 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA17499; Fri, 14 Jun 1996 16:20:46 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 16:20:46 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9606142020.AA17499@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: bill clarke Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, wlclarke@cats.ucsc.edu Subject: intranet/internet routing In-Reply-To: <30F857FB.167EB0E7@cats.ucsc> References: <30F857FB.167EB0E7@cats.ucsc> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > i have my server set up as a gateway, and my default route on the > client set up as 10.0.0.1 > i can ping the provider gateway 205.199.113.253 from the server, > and i can ping the server from the client over the ethernet. > here's the problem: i cannot ping my provider gateway 205.199.113.253 > from the client 10.0.0.2 even though netstat -r says all the required > routes appear to exist. It's a private network; by definition, machines outside of your site do not have routes to your private network. (How could they, when the same company's other clients are probably using the same network?) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant