On Wednesday 25 February 2009, The Hereweb wrote:
> Actually, I think this issue is because XOHM wants to set a default gateway
> that is outside my subnet of the IP/netmask assigned by XOHM.  Here's what
> I get when I connect my other laptop to XOHM using a WiMAX usb donble under
> Windows:
>
> ipconfig
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:
>
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Samsung USB mWiMAX Adapter #3
>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-98-10-10-82
>         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.25.50.179
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 99.207.212.72

Oh, I remember seeing something like this last time I was at XOHM, but
then I stopped seeing it.

>
>...
> So what is needed in linux is a host route to the gateway IP "route add
> -host 99.207.212.72 wmx0" in addition to the intended default gateway
> route.  This bug has been around for a while, (e.g.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcp3/+bug/139217) so I'm not
> sure where it should be addressed in this case.
>
> Hope this clarifies, thanks

Hmmm, I don't know what'd be the best way to solve it. Marcel, what do you
think?

Thank you, Brian

-- 
Inaky

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