[lug] routing

[Hugh Brown]

Thank you kindly.

Hugh


"Michael J. Pedersen" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 01:34:53PM -0500, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > My problem is I'm not sure what I set as the static route.  I tried to
> > do
> >
> > route add -net 172.16.0.0 gw 192.168.0.4
> >
> > and it told me that it wasn't feasible.  My thought was that I want all
> > traffic destined for the net 172.16.0.0/24 to use 192.168.0.4 as the
> > router.  So what static route can I add (I do only have 3 workstations
> > so that will be easiest until I get more savvy about network things).
> 
> There's a mild trick to this that's easy to miss. 172.16.0.0 has a netmask of
> 255.255.0.0 (most likely). 192.168.0.4 cannot match that netmask, as such it
> can't be found on the 172.16 network. As such, it can NOT be a gateway for
> what you are trying to do. However, it is possible to do so. I'm gonna need a
> few minutes to describe everything, so wanted to give you a short heads up.
> I'll be sending another email in a minute.
> 
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