Thanks for the help, Chris. Here are the GATEWAY statements I've been using: 10.0.0.0 = Z990CH41LNK1 1492 0.255.248.0 0.2.8.0 192.0.0.0 = IQDIO1 8192 0.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 DEFAULTNET 9.2.8.2 Z990CH41LNK1 1492 0
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:11:18 +0200, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Matthew > >I thought you said it worked with Steve's example. Now you say you still >have a problem. However, you say you don't have a problem when using the >GATEWAY statement. > >It's very easy to convert a GATEWAY statement to a BEGINROUTES/ENDROUTES >block of statements. Perhaps you should post your - working - GATEWAY >statement and we can convert it for you. > >Meantime I'll explain as best as I can the example - derived from Steve's >example - I used before - although I'll skip the "hypersockets" part since I >have no experience of that. If your hypersockets doesn't work, we'll have to >deal with that separately and I'll need to do some reading. > > BEGINROUTES >; Where is the gateway? > ROUTE 10.1.1.0/24 = ETH1 MTU 8192 >; All other traffic defaults here > ROUTE DEFAULT 10.1.1.254 ETH1 MTU 8192 > ENDROUTES > >ROUTE 10.1.1.0/24 = ETH1 MTU 8192 says that all packets in IP address range >10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.254 are sent *directly* - directly is what the "=" sign >says - over interface ETH1 and the maximum frame size is 8192. > >Since we are claiming to be able to reach all IP addresses in the range >10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.254 *directly* over interface ETH1, we are saying that >any address in that range can be the subject of an "address resolution >protocol" (ARP) request used in order to get a MAC address for the IP >address in an ARP reply. > >ROUTE DEFAULT 10.1.1.254 ETH1 MTU 8192 says that all other packets are sent >*indirectly* and are sent initially to IP interface address 10.1.1.254 over >interface ETH1 and the maximum frame size is 8192. > >You'll note that there will be no difficulty sending packets to IP interface >address 10.1.1.254 because we just defined how to send packets to any of the >IP addresses in the range 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.254 and 10.1.1.254 happens to >be one of the IP addresses in that range. > >Chris Mason ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
