Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 15:08:36 -0400 From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov> To: proot@horton.iaces.com Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, questions@freebsd.org, mike@newell.arlington.va.us Subject: Re: Routed supports variable-length netmasks? Message-ID: <199608161908.TAA18292@wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:50:16 -0500 (CDT)" References: <199608161550.KAA03116@horton.iaces.com>
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On Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:50:16 -0500 (CDT) "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> wrote: proot> Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM) are advanced routing proot> features RIP doesn't do them. To do VLSM you need to run OSPF proot> or (better) EIGRP (which is cisco proprietary). proot> Gated does do OSPF. But the question is, why do you want to route proot> with a workstation? If that's all you've got, then that's what you proot> have to do. But if you have routers, then let routers route and let proot> the Workstation do work, and use a default route. I've got a FreeBSD box at my provider's site which I dial into from my SunOS box at home, to connect my small home-net; no stand-alone routers. I've been trying to coerce pppd into installing the default route using the /etc/ppp/ip-up facility, but although the pppd runs ip-up with effective UID root, if ip-up is a script, FreeBSD squashes the root privs (that, or pppd uses getuid() rather than geteuid(), still looking). I guess I could use a SUID perl script or some C code but this seems too simple to justify that... I did bring gated up on the FreeBSD box, and got a config written (first time user!) which seems to establish the /28 route when I ppp in, and tear it down when I disconnect. Still have to do the same on the SunOS side at home. The docs seem to indicate it does VLSMs fine, with other RiPv2 routers. Guess I'll find out :-) Thanks.
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