>>> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:45 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fuhrmann Anna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear list, > > (this question is for z-linux in an LPAR, RHEL4) > > We use two OSA cards to connect 3 LPARs with the outside world. > Hipersockets for inter-LPAR- > communication defined per static route. > > Now we want to use VIPA also for the zlinux LPARs. To define VIPA we > used the documentation provided in the IBM device driver manual and got > stuck with the example route command there stating: > > route add -host [VIPA address] gw [gateway address] > > Question: > what should be inserted here as "gateway address" - should it be > 1. the IP address of the OSA card or > 2. possibly something else? und if yes, what?
You should ask your IP networking folks what the IP address of the gateway for that VIPA is, and put that IP address into your command. Normally, a gateway is the first-hop router that packets need to go to in order to reach their intended destination. A "default gateway" is the first-hop router that packets go to that don't have an explicit route defined for them in the TCP/IP stack. Without knowing the details of your setup, you could be looking for either of those. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
