North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: need routed configuration help
if youre doing a static route, no need for routed. As root, fire uo /stand/sysinstall, select post install config, network interfaces, the one you want, and have at it. Its a fill in the blanks screen. Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Alex Melkomukov wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > I'm not sure if this is the correct list, but I was informed that this list > is where all of the routing experts can be found, so I am sending this plea > for help to this list. > > Basically, I need to confirm some configuration information and make sure > I've set up everything properly. I am seeing some very strange behavior > and need to rule out local misconfiguration as the cause. I am not a > routing expert, so I need confirmation. > > We had to configure a customer's server to function in a co-location > facility (not of our choosing) that has a gateway IP address that is > outside of the locally defined network block (Class C). > > The OS is FreeBSD 4.4. I did some digging and discovered that I needed to > enable 'routed' and create some static routes to the gateway IP outside of > the local network block to be able to reach the Internet. > > I uncommented the > > defaultrouter="5.6.7.1" > > entry (IP has been changed to protect parties involved) in the rc.conf file > and added the > > router_enable="YES" > > entry. I then added the following entries to the rc.local file: > > route add default -interface 1.2.3.100 -netmask 255.255.255.252 > route add -net 5.6.7.1 -interface 1.2.3.100 -netmask 255.255.255.252 > route add default 5.6.7.1 > > I came up with these routes by trial and error, and am not convinced that > these are the correct entries to use. > > I can reach the Internet and the nameserver (which is also outside of the > local network block), and can ping and traceroute without any problems. > > But,... every once in a while certain programs start timing out and/or > take a really long time to respond (to the point of failure due to time-out > on the other end). Some of these programs are telnet, ssh, ftp, radius. > > Other programs/protocols (such as http traffic) do not display the same > behavior. > > So, I am seeking advice on how to configure static routes correctly and/or > if some other issues may be causing this strange, intermitten behavior. > > Please let me know if I implemented this incorrectly... > > am > __________________________________________________________________ > Alex Melkomukov [email protected] > Navi.Net http://www.navi.net > 618 NW Glisan St., Ste. 101 voice 503-517-8866 > Portland, OR 97209 USA fax 503-517-8868 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
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