Hello, For your problem you maybe can solve it with a arp publication on box2 ? eg: ARP -i fxp0 -Ds 213.219.39.198 fxp1 pub
Friedrich Clausen wrote: > > Greetings all, > > I will try and make myself as clear as possible so please excuse my poor ascii > picture but it seems to help explanations better. I hope this question is > appropriate for the list but I dont know where else to ask. First I will give > some info : > > Internet > | > Router > | > | > --------------- > | tl0 | ----- ----------- > | Box2 | |Hub|------|eth0 Box3| > | fxp1 fxp0| ----- ----------- > --------------- | > / | | > / | | > / ----------- > / > / > ----- > |Hub|----------- > ----- | > | | > | | > | | > ------------------ > |eth0 Box1 eth1| > ------------------ > > Networks Involved : 192.168.1.0/24 > 213.219.39.192/29 > 213.219.39.196/29 > 213.219.39.200/28 > > Router - 213.219.39.193 > > Box1 - Debian Linux workstation > eth0 : 192.168.1.92 > > Box2 - OpenBSD gateway > fxp0 : 192.168.1.50 > fxp1 : 213.219.39.204 > alias : 213.219.39.197 > tl0 : 213.219.39.194 > > Box3 - Debian Linux Server > eth0 : 213.219.39.202 > eth1 : 213.219.39.198 > > The problem is I cannot ping 213.219.39.198 from anywhere other than Box2 or > Box1. However I can ping 213.219.39.202 from anywhere. At first I thought that > it was because eth1 did not have a default route but I discovered that default > routes are assigned per computer not per interface. I put up a virtual > interface (213.219.39.197) on box2 so it can talk to 213.219.39.198 on box1. > > The weird thing is that if I ping 213.219.39.198 from box3 then it recieves > the echo request, here is "tcpdump -i eth1 icmp" on box1 : > > 14:08:27.201192 192.168.1.92 > 213.219.39.198: icmp: echo request (DF) > 14:08:28.197807 192.168.1.92 > 213.219.39.198: icmp: echo request (DF) > > But it just never replies and I cannot figure out why. However if I ping from > box2 or box1 then it works : > > 14:10:50.909501 213.219.39.197 > 213.219.39.198: icmp: echo request > 14:10:50.910048 213.219.39.198 > 213.219.39.197: icmp: echo reply (DF) > > It appears that the eth1 interface does not know how to send a reply to the > host that pings it so that is why I tried to assign a default gateway to it > but that just stopped everything from working. So the question is, how can > I make eth1 on box1 reachable from everywhere. Thank you very much for your > time and I hope I have made my problem clear. > > Regards, Friedrich. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
