From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 19:50:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88AD916A41F for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:50:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from efinleywork@efinley.com) Received: from postmaster.etv.net (postmaster.etv.net [66.111.113.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5475C13C468 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:50:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from efinleywork@efinley.com) Received: from efinley04.etv.net ([74.214.237.51] helo=science3.efinley.com) by postmaster.etv.net with smtp (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Hyut1-000Obo-MK; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:21:39 -0600 From: Elliot Finley To: Kevin Kinsey Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:21:39 -0600 Organization: Emery Telcom Message-ID: References: <467191DB.2010709@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <467191DB.2010709@daleco.biz> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 4.1/32.1088 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: (OT?) Anyone wanna address my ISP's issues? [CIDR/BGP question] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: efinleywork@efinley.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:50:46 -0000 On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:07:07 -0500, you wrote: >[OT Warning] Not related to FBSD, other than the use of >ping(8), which is working as expected, apart from the fact >that the network *isn't*. > >If anyone cares to give an opinion, TIA! > >I'm trying to get a land-based (DSL) solution to my >rather remote office. Found a provider, they (supposedly) >made arrangements with the local telco, sent me the DSL >modem, etc. I set it up as instructed, but we're not >getting TCP/IP here on it. Hours and hours of frustrating >hold music on the telephone, WWW-chat sessions that get >nowhere, etc. The modem "sync" is fine, but, as one tech >put it, "sync but no surf". It's been this way for > >2 weeks. > >The DSL modem's outside (static) IP is n.n.n.70, the gw >is n.n.n.69, and the mask is 255.255.255.252. From >inside, I can ping .70, but not .69 (and, needless to say, >nothing else, either). From the outside, it's the >other way 'round. Traceroute (from outside) shows different >endpoints for the two addresses (that is, the last hop=20 >before .69 is one router, and, when looking for .70, it's >another router (but not the one that leads to .69)). > >If I did my CIDR homework correctly, the net is n.n.n.68/30. >Using "BGPlay" (http://bgplay.routeviews.org/bgplay/), I get >the message: "The selected data sources have no information on >prefix n.n.n.68/30. Please check that this prefix is globally >announced." > >My question: shouldn't it be 'announced', if the ISP intends >to route me TCP/IP traffic? I apologize for my ignorance,=20 >but BGP isn't something I figured to need to know at this=20 >point in my life (although, it doesn't hurt to learn, usually).... anything smaller than a /24 will be filtered. The ISP would announce the larger block that your /30 lives in.