carp0 doesn't automatically know the netmask of its parent? Well, that would explain the problem, right? Because I don't believe I fiddled with netmask in /etc/hostname.carp0.
Thanks, Vivek On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Jussi Peltola <pe...@pelzi.net> wrote: > Everything to 184.159/16, that is, 184.159.x.x, goes out of carp0. You > need to specify a netmask for carp just like any interface, and in any > sane situation it should be the same as the parent's (I assume re0) when > they both have (different) addresses in the same subnet. > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:35:05PM -0800, Vivek Ayer wrote: >> I tried that and here's some interesting information. >> >> First of all, I forgot to mention that this router was carped with >> another one. Not sure if this could be leading to the problem. But >> anyway, I did route -n show and for my external interface re0 >> corresponding to carp0 here's the relevant info: >> >> Dest Gateway Interface >> default 184.159.35.1 re0 >> 184.159/16 link #6 carp0 <--- >> 184.159.35/24 link #2 re0 >> 184.159.35.1 (MAC addr) re0 >> 184.159.35.23 184.159.35.23 carp0 >> >> The second line is interesting because it makes me wonder whether >> there's more to setting up the carp interface. I assume carp0 has the >> same netmask as re0, but if you can explain the second line, that'd be >> great. >> >> Thanks, >> Vivek >> >> Just so that you don't get confused, I think in previous emails, I >> said 29 was my subnet and I'm now saying 35 when I meant to say 29, >> but you get the idea, whatever. >> >> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Jussi Peltola <pe...@pelzi.net> wrote: >> > 1. ifconfig >> > 2. route -n show >> > 3. a network topology description >> > >> > -- >> > Jussi Peltola
