From owner-freebsd-net Mon Mar 27 12:35:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from netcom.com (netcom1.netcom.com [199.183.9.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACFEA37BAC1 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:35:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stanb@netcom.com) Received: (from stanb@localhost) by netcom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA15453 for freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:33:38 -0800 (PST) From: Stan Brown Message-Id: <200003272033.MAA15453@netcom.com> Subject: Why does this work (routing) To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Networking) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:33:37 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have set up an interesting routing scenario using a FreBSD 3.4 Stable baox. It's very intuitive, and works well. However now I am trying to do something similar n a Solaris box, and not only can I not make it work, lot's of people are trying to convince me it's imposible! Here is the scenario. I have a single homed box laets say 170.85.109.64. It's default router is 170.85.109.1 In another building I have a machine that connects to the outside wrld let's asy 32.77.3.5 Now the router at 170.85.109.1 _does not_ have a route to 32.77.x.x but a router in the other building at 170.85.43.1 does. So I did route add net 32.77.0.0 170.85.43.1 On the FreeBSD box. Works like a cahrm The Sun box insists that all gateways be on a directly conected newtork. People are trying to tell me this is required, since there is only 1 source and 1 destination address in the packet. At this pont in time I am _totaly_ confused. Could some kind soul please educate me here? A pointer to docs would be appropriate. Thanks. -- Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message