From owner-freebsd-net Fri Mar 14 13:17:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D74237B401 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:17:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from kcmso2.proxy.att.com (kcmso2.att.com [192.128.134.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4227643F85 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:17:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jwb@homer.att.com) Received: from ulysses.homer.att.com ([135.205.193.8]) by kcmso2.proxy.att.com (AT&T IPNS/MSO-4.0) with ESMTP id h2ELHeFl021594; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:17:41 -0600 (CST) Received: from akiva.homer.att.com (akiva.homer.att.com [135.205.212.39]) by ulysses.homer.att.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA01821; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:17:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from akiva.homer.att.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by akiva.homer.att.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id h2ELHdl21193; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:17:39 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200303142117.h2ELHdl21193@akiva.homer.att.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.2 03/12/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Guido van Rooij Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: route pointing to a gateway that's not on net In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 14 Mar 2003 21:29:44 +0100." <20030314202944.GA5071@gvr.gvr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:17:39 -0500 From: "J. W. Ballantine" Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 21:29:44 +0100 > To: "J. W. Ballantine" > From: Guido van Rooij > Subject: Re: route pointing to a gateway that's not on net > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 03:07:26PM -0500, J. W. Ballantine wrote: > > Quite frankly, blunt is not a problem, one needs to call them as one sees > > them. However, responding to a question with a condesending, superior > > attitude(IMHO), while ignoring the question is. As for "just try what > > people tell you", if it doesn't appear resolve the larger problem, but jus t > > the example, than it isn't the correct resolution to the issue and trying > > to get clarification shouldn't be scorned, after all there is always someo ne > > out there who knows more. > > I did answer your question. You should either add host routes or turn > on proxy arp at the gateway. In stead of telling us if that worked > out you come with different questions. > > Have you actually tried the 3 different possibilities mentioned in > my mail with message-id 20030314102431.GA97899@gvr.gvr.org ? > > -Guido > Of the 3 different possibilities mentioned: I did try route add -net without -iface, and the result was no route to host. I didn't try to arp to 207.172.3.* hosts because that sounded like a fix for only one small network and I asked for clarification. The other single host routes for each host again doesn't resolve the larger issue of basic network access. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message