[4002] in linux-net channel archive
Re: routing other then class A,B,C...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (really kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru)
Sun Aug 11 14:03:01 1996
From: inr-linux-net@ms2.inr.ac.ru (really kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru)
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: 10 Aug 1996 16:52:13 +0400
Dan Merillat (harik@ao.NET) wrote:
: I was playing around with routing and supernetting.
: routing > 255.255.255.0 works (I.E. I route 4 bits and 6 bits, no prob.)
: but I couldn't get it to work right on 255.255.252.0.
: When I tried it (I.E. traceroute to each class C from xxx.xxx.0.0 to
: xxx.xxx.4.0) The first one worked, but the subsequent 3 didn't have routes
: properly. I was wondering if I setup something incorrectly or if
: subnetting like that only worked for subnets smaller then class C's.
: From what I can tell, it's supposed to work across the board, so internet
: routers can route huge blocks that arn't convienenltly class A, B or C.
It works.
Apparently, you forgot to add this route.
I cannot advise you anything, because you did not say how you tried
to do it.
Alexey Kuznetsov.
