Yes, many people do it with ciscos all the time, linux should be no different. However, there are a couple of downsides (speaking from cisco experience only)
It hurts for troubleshooting... you cant trace/ping directly to an interface, only a net... On Mon, 21 May 2001, Jeremy Lunn wrote: > I know this isn't Debian specific. But I'm just wondering if it's fine > to route routable IP addresses over non-routable IP addresess. > > For example: > (in this example assume that 10.0.0.0/8 is a routable range). > > +----------------------------+ > | 10.1.1.4 (internet) | > | | > | gateway | > | | > | 172.16.5.1 | > +----------------------------+ > | > | > | > +----------------------------+ > | 172.16.5.2 | > | | > | DSLAM/NAS | > | | > | 10.1.2.0/24 routed to a | > | client | > +----------------------------+ > > So is it just a matter of setting up something like > /sbin/route -net 10.1.2.0/24 gw 172.16.5.2 > on the gateway? > > I would assume this would work but I've never tested it. I didn't use a > real routable subnet in this example because we haven't been allocated > any yet and I wopuldn't use someone else's IPs in an example :) > > -- > Jeremy Lunn > Melbourne, Australia > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- John Gonzalez / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tularosa Communications, Inc. (505) 439-0200 voice / (505) 443-1228 fax http://www.tularosa.net / ASN 11711 / JG6416 [----------------------------------------------[ sys info ]-----------] 10:00pm up 256 days, 3:29, 5 users, load average: 0.01, 0.08, 0.05
