Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:49:20 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@avaya.com> Cc: "'Archie Cobbs'" <archie@dellroad.org>, "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Unnumbered IP Interface Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0203251844420.37073-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <3A6D367EA1EFD4118C9B00A0C9DD99D70655CA@rerun.avayactc.com>
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Cambria, Mike wrote: > > Thanks. I have a few follow-up questions to your answer. > > I'm not using netgraph (at least at the moment). Will this matter? No it's a totally sepaate matter. > > I assume 'ifconfig lmc0 up' is all I need to do to bring the interface up > prior to "route add <next hop> -iface lmc0..." yes, assuming it's a point-to-point interface. > > On FreeBSD, do I need to do anything special to run OSPF or BGP4 over an > unnumbered interface? (If I remember correctly RIP doesn't support an > unnumbered interface.) I have NO idea.. I've only used it with static routes. > > I have four of these lmc cards. Besides the leased line monthly charges ... > am I crazy doing this on FreeBSD? They all work in one machine at the > moment (4.5-Stable). I'm just starting to get the p2p routing setup (it has > been a long time.) Are 4 unnumbered interfaces supported in one machine? > Can they all point to the same next hop? 4 different next hops? A > combination? It all depends on what you want to do. what is the driver called? does it have a netgraph interface? (if so you can GANG the cards by using the one2many netgraph node. otherwise I need more info on what you are trying to do.... > > Thanks, > MikeC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Archie Cobbs [mailto:archie@dellroad.org] > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 1:19 AM > To: Julian Elischer > Cc: Cambria, Mike; 'freebsd-net@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: Unnumbered IP Interface > > Julian Elischer writes: > > A while ago it was possible to use 'route' to add a rout eto a p2p > > interface by name and not assign it any addresses. > > Yes, this still works.. e.g., "route add 1.2.3.4 -iface ng0". > > The interface has to be marked 'UP' of course. > > -Archie > > __________________________________________________________________________ > Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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