On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Les Biffle wrote:
> > Hm -- how about using proxy-arp style routing?
>
> Here's what I've done in the past:
>
> 1. Have a friend out in the net ping your address 208.59.162.242
>
> 2. Run tcpdump and look for someone ARPing for you. That someone
> will very likely be your default gateway as seen from your site.
> If that router is in your subnet, set your default to it and you're
> done. If not, continue at the next step.
>
> 3. Pick an IP Address in your cable subnet that feels like a really
> good router address to you. Make something up. 208.59.162.1 perhaps?
>
> 4. Use "arp -s 208.59.162.1 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" to install an arp
> entry in your route table for this made-up address. That will keep
> you from ARPing for 208.59.162.1 and discovering the device that
> really owns that address.
>
> 5. Set your default gateway to 208.59.162.1.
If that doesn't work (it should), you could also look into the
ipfw fwd option.
I would like to know when you get it to work...
Nick Rogness
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