On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 10:03 AM Grant Taylor <gtay...@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote: > > On 06/09/2018 06:31 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > > Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting > > up a VirtualBox for my WFH stuff and VB wants to use 10.0.0.0 for its > > networking. I've changed this to 172.16.0.0 so now I can easily tell > > that network from work network (which seems to use 10.25.0.0) > > > > I wanted to add a route to NetworkManager's VPN connection. It wants > > Address, Network, Gateway, and Metric so I gave it "10.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0" > > (this one shows up automatically), "207.x.y.z", "1". But then VPN fails > > to start with the complaint that the configuration is invalid. > > > > So I tried what I think is the same on the CL: > > > > $> route add -net 10.0.0.0/8 gw "207.x.y.z" metric 1 > > SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable > > > > So apparently, it's not quite as straightforward as I thought it might > > be. :-) > > I think you're actually quite close. > > I believe the reason NetworkManager's VPN and the route command are > complaining are the same. > > Routing almost always wants the next hop, not the ultimate destination. > > Think about it this way, if you ask for directions in an unfamiliar > building, do you want to be told that you need to go to the office > across the hall from Mary? Or do you want to be told, take the elevator > tot he 4th floor, turn left, and go to the office across the haul from > Mary, she has a big sign on her office. > > "Across the haul from Mary" by itself is useless and unactionable. The > directions that start with the elevator in the lobby is actionable. ;-)
Okay, that makes sense, I suppose. What is the next hop? I've googled and googled but I did not find any examples of how to set this up. AFAICT, you're simply supposed to check the "Use only for resources on this connection" checkbox and you're done.
