[1778] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Static vs dynamic routing from ISP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Janssen reading Linux mailingl)
Thu Feb 1 23:49:39 1996
From: linux@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen reading Linux mailinglist)
To: cjwoods@paladin.com (Chris Woods)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:21:12 +0100 (MET)
Cc: jonathan@nrgup.com, ecloud@goodnet.com, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960130090335.12541C-100000@bifrost.paladin.com> from "Chris Woods" at Jan 30, 96 09:05:46 am
Reply-To: linux-vger@wab-tis.rabobank.nl
According to Chris Woods:
> > I have 6 IP addresses assigned to my dialin. Its a static route.
>
> I assume that you have a single subnet, rather than 6 diverse, separate IP
> addresses. If your case is the latter, I'd like to see how they did it;
> that'd be a neat trick. (i.e., you cannot "route" a bunch of IP addresses,
> you can only route a network or a subnet.)
When you have 6 IP addresses that are part of a subnet assigned to
your provider, it is no problem for them to route 5 of them via the
one that you use on the dialup system. Just use 5 static host routes.
They don't need to be in a single subnet, although it would be more
efficient.
Rob
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