Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:11:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: groggy@iname.com Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IP lookups Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211610120.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980920013654.567C-100000@abc.xyz.net>
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On Sun, 20 Sep 1998 groggy@iname.com wrote:
>
> with so many people running ppp alias,
> i'd like to know if anyone DOES or DOESN'T
> have this problem. i'd like to know if i
> need to figure something out, or if it
> is a bug. i've had this problem for
> at least 1.5 years, and have never
> figured out a solution.
>
> i always wrote it off as a "bug" in the resolver.
> i have experienced some odd behavior relating to
> DNS & /etc/hosts resolving and remember many posts
> over the years relating to quirky behavior.
I'm running ppp -alias with no problems doing anything through the
firewall (except choice apps like cvsup that do the funky
ftp-reverse-connection thingy).
> > > > ppp aliased IP addresses = 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.12
> > > >
> > > > BSD1 <-> BSD2 <-> Internet
> > > > (ppp) (ppp -alias)
> > > > (0.X) (192.168.0.0)
^ change this. It's a Class A no-no.
What's your netmask?
> > BSD2 resolves 192.168.0.X just fine.
> > BSD1's nameserver forwards to 192.168.0.0
>
> PS. someone mentioned that it is bad to use "X.X.X.0"
> as an IP, but i thought it was conventional to use
> that number for default gateways ...
.1 is the traditional gateway. .0 is the lower broadcast address.
Doug White
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