Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 11:59:09 +1030 (CST) From: "Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh@logicsquad.net> To: <cmankin@harbornet.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: BSD network hired guns? Message-ID: <3242.203.49.60.114.1011403749.squirrel@grover.logicsquad.net> In-Reply-To: <000701c1a084$e831f580$0301a8c0@clicknetwork.com> References: <000701c1a084$e831f580$0301a8c0@clicknetwork.com>
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Hi Clark, [I've Cc:'d the list -- others may be able to spot the problem quicker than me.] Clark Mankin said: > Actually there's nothing between me and the default router. Linux > doesn't use that term. Linux works with "default gateway" which is > what my telecom provider calls it. Where BSD got the idea to call it a > "default router" instead of a default gateway is a mystery. Seems to > me that if the 2nd largest telecom company calls it a default gateway > that ought to be good enough for BSD! I think the terminolgy used in rc.conf is reasonable: the object that provides the default route off your LAN is called the default router. Despite that... [Some descriptions snipped] I wonder whether you could actually draw a picture -- just plain old ASCII art will do, in a fixed-width font. From your description, the topology is still not clear to me. Although you seem to imply by description that the gateway to the telco is on your LAN, I can't reconcile that with your previous statements about having to route via a gateway of 0.0.0.0 under Linux to get to this gateway. Include actual IP addresses. -- Paul. mailto:paulh@logicsquad.net mailto:paul.hoadley@student.adelaide.edu.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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