>Tim Nelson wrote: >> ----- "Joseph Wagner" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can someone explain to me quickly why you can't use the same subnet on >>> >>> both sides of the pfsense box? I'm guessing it gets confused on where >>> >>> to route packets. >>> >>> >> >> In a nutshell... >> >> <sarcasm> >> Hi I'm a router! I just got a packet destined for a remote host. I know that my next hop is 192.168.1.1. OK... lets look in my system routing table to see how to get a packet to 192.168.1.1... >> >> Network Mask Interface Metric >> 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 dc0 10 >> 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 dc1 10 >> >> Uhhh... that's confusing. I have two routes to get to the same destination and they both have the same priority(metric value). GAH! I'll just drop the packet or hold onto it for a bit and not do anything since I don't know how to get the packet where it's going. >> </sarcasm> >> >> :-) >> >> --Tim >lol > >Thanks for the healthy dose of sarcasm. > >:-)
Never heard better explanation. Bravo Tim! :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
