On 10/16/2012 04:53 PM, Lambrecht Jürgen wrote: > Hello, > > We cannot set our routing tables correct! > We use the freeBSD network stack. > > We configure it with a fixed IP adress (172.24.0.0/13) with netmask > 255.248.0.0. > But always in the routing table the netmaskk 255.255.0.0 is present?? > How is this possible? We also have a network with netmask 248.0.0.0, and then in the routing table the netmask 255.0.0.0 is present. So I think the freeBSD network stack only can set the netmask in the routing table per byte. Can somebody confirm this? Any solution?
Regards, Jürgen > Here the result of a print of the routing tables (I use functions that > you can find back on the ecos mailing list): > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Televic telnet shell. Welcome. > > $> ifconfig > > Routing tables > Destination Gateway Mask Flags Interface > 127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 UG lo0 > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH lo0 > 172.24.0.0 172.24.0.0 255.255.0.0 U eth0 > Interface statistics > eth0 IP: 172.24.0.11, Broadcast: 172.31.255.255, Netmask: 255.248.0.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500, Metric: 0 > Rx - Packets: 44, Bytes: 3660, Tx - Packets: 23, Bytes: 2090 > lo0 IP: 127.0.0.1, Broadcast: 127.0.0.1, Netmask: 255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 16384, Metric: 0 > Rx - Packets: 0, Bytes: 0, Tx - Packets: 0, Bytes: 0 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Our RedBoot uses the 255.255.0.0 netmask, could that explain it? > > And when we add the correct route and then delete the wrong route, our > network connection goes away - a ping fails.. > > Any help is appreciated! > > Kind regards, > Jürgen > > - > Jürgen Lambrecht > R&D Associate > Tel: +32 (0)51 303045 Fax: +32 (0)51 310670 > http://www.televic-rail.com > Televic Rail NV - Leo Bekaertlaan 1 - 8870 Izegem - Belgium > Company number 0825.539.581 - RPR Kortrijk > -- Jürgen Lambrecht R&D Associate Tel: +32 (0)51 303045 Fax: +32 (0)51 310670 http://www.televic-rail.com Televic Rail NV - Leo Bekaertlaan 1 - 8870 Izegem - Belgium Company number 0825.539.581 - RPR Kortrijk -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
