On Mon Jan 04 1999 at 09:35, "Claudiu Balciza" wrote:
> assume I have four nets linked by gateways
>
> net1 x.x.1.0
> gw12 eth0=x.x.1.1 eth1=x.x.2.1
> net2 x.x.2.0
> gw23 eth0=x.x.2.2 eth1=x.x.3.1
> net3 x.x.3.0
> gw34 eth0=x.x.3.2 eth1=x.x.4.1
> net4 x.x.4.0
>
> how do I set a route from a host on net1 to net4 ?
Assuming that all the gateways have their routing configured correctly
for passing traffic to where it is supposed to go, all you have to do
is set the default route on all hosts on net1 to point to gw12 (its
x.x.1.1 interface). And all the hosts on net4 with a default route
pointing to gw34 (its x.x.4.1 interface).
It is immaterial how any of the networking beyond net1 is configured
or what it looks like - let the routers worry about that. It can be
as complex or as simple as you like, doesn't matter. The only
important thing for any host on any subnet is that they know where to
send packets that are not destined for the local network (and that is
their local router).
Cheers
Tony
