Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 10:26:13 -0400 From: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> To: Damian Gerow <damian@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: isp and spoofed network address Message-ID: <200210071426.KAA05547@hera.homer.att.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Oct 2002 09:55:41 EDT." <171310909063.20021007095541@sentex.net>
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I've tried the customer-is-always-right routine, and it ends up back at the same place, lets bounce your system... I'll try the route add when I get home and let you know if it works. Thanks Jim ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:55:41 -0400 > To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> > From: Damian Gerow <damian@sentex.net> > Subject: Re: isp and spoofed network address > > Spake J. W. Ballantine on 07/10/2002, 09:32:19 -0400: > > Sorry, it's a cable modem service. I did try to explain to them that I > > wasn't looking for system support support, only that the provide me > > with a standard network configuration. The response was "I don't know > > how to change it and the three resources I talked to don't either." > > You can always try the customer-is-always-right routine -- "Hi, I > can't get my cable connection to work. It looks like my gateway is on > a different logical LAN than the IP address you guys give me via > DHCP." And leave it at that. Don't explain the problem to them, let > them figure it out on their own. > > As for technical configuration -- you can always add a static route > entry for your gateway. Where you are 10.0.0.1, your external > interface is fxp0, and your gateway is 172.16.0.1: > > # route add -host 172.16.0.1 10.0.0.1 -interface fxp0 > > (I haven't used this in some time -- not sure if it'll work or not.) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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