From owner-freebsd-net Mon Oct 7 7:26:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A20A137B401 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:26:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from almso2.proxy.att.com (almso2.att.com [192.128.166.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3CF343E77 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:26:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jwb@hera.homer.att.com) Received: from ulysses.homer.att.com ([135.205.193.8]) by almso2.proxy.att.com (AT&T IPNS/MSO-4.0) with ESMTP id g97EQEIQ001855; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 10:26:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hera.homer.att.com (hera.homer.att.com [135.205.193.102]) by ulysses.homer.att.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA16576; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 10:26:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hera.homer.att.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.homer.att.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA05547; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 10:26:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200210071426.KAA05547@hera.homer.att.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5-CVS 08/22/2002 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Damian Gerow Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: isp and spoofed network address In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Oct 2002 09:55:41 EDT." <171310909063.20021007095541@sentex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 10:26:13 -0400 From: "J. W. Ballantine" Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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" > From: Damian Gerow > 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