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Date:      Sat, 17 Mar 2001 22:01:13 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Subject:   Re: same interface Route Cache
Message-ID:  <3AB44119.3666D825@softweyr.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103171047250.16998-100000@cody.jharris.com>

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Nick Rogness wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Nick Rogness wrote:
> 
> More clarification.
> 
> >
> > > I completely fail to see that you have actually stated a problem yet.
> > >
> > > What exactly is the problem you think you're trying to solve here?
> > >
> >
> >       Consider the following.  I have to restate this every damn couple
> >       of weeks to get it through.  Here is the problem:
> >
> >
> >               ISP#1                   ISP#2
> >               |                       |
> >               |                       |
> >               --- xl0 FreeBSD xl1 -----
> >                        xl2
> >                         |
> >                         |
> >                        Internal network
> >                         |
> >                         |
> >                         Machine 1
> >
> >
> >       Packet 1 comes in through ISP #2 network.  It comes into your
> >       internal network to machine 1.  Machine 1 replies to the
> >       packet...but where does it go?  It will exit through interface
> >       to ISP #1 because of the default gateway.  It came in ISP #2 and
> >       left out ISP #1.  There is your problem.
> 
> There is no way to tell your packet to go back out to ISP #2.  That is the
> point I'm trying to get across.  Unless your running a routing
> daemon.  But is that really practical with cable modems, dsl, etc?...I
> don't think so.

Why would the physical media have anything to do with routing protocols?

> >       What if you are running nat in this case....your hosed.
> 
> natd on each interface is what I'm stating here...just to clarify.

natd doesn't correctly translate RIP packets?

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/

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