[2775] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Router/Gated config
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (RHS Linux User)
Thu May 2 17:57:23 1996
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 08:43:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: RHS Linux User <zap@kraken.port-aransas.k12.tx.us>
To: Dave Wreski <dwreski@ultrix.ramapo.edu>
cc: R A Lichtensteiger <rali@tifosi.com>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960501212737.7269B-100000@ultrix.ramapo.edu>
On Wed, 1 May 1996, Dave Wreski did thoughtfully inscribe:
[minimal snippage]
>
> Heh, funny. I didn't think it was that big when I started :) I sure
> figured that out last night. Anyway, I mainly took on the task as a
> lesson in large-system system administration. Now that I have more
> knowledge from my gated experience, I managed to pretty much do what I
> want with static routes.
>
> One last thing, though. Is it possible to have two machines using the
> same hub, but one with a class B addr, and one with class C? Can linux
> act as a pretty intelligent router?
Remember, the gated sources are pretty much the same on any platform;
gated does the routing, not linux. Gated was written for service in an
NFS Backbone routing application area, its ready for most anything within
the scope of possibilty.
As for your question about mixed network classes on one hub, the answer
is a resounding -NO-, unless you can partition the hub (then it would
really be two hubs tho, wouldn't it :).
From what I remember of the subject, all nodes on a given ethernet
segment must have the same network address.
-James
