network gateway with a foreign IP address
Claude Jones
cjones at levitjames.com
Fri Apr 11 17:26:36 UTC 2008
On Friday April 11 2008 12:59:59 pm Robert Locke wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 12:29 -0400, Claude Jones wrote:
> > ..........snip
> > http://siddhesh.in/foreign-gateway.php
> > I'm wondering if I need to pursue the route in that howto,
> > or whether I can configure this with the
> > system-config-network GUI in Fedora -- I see there's a
> > 'Route' tab in there, but I've never used it
>
> As that article intimates, this is poor design, though the
> author obviously does not understand why.... And, since you
> insist....
>
> Yes, you need to create a "host" static route as suggested in
> the article. No, system-config-network's Route Tab is
> designed to define remote networks, not host/dev entries, so
> you are on your own in "defining" it. The file that probably
> makes the most sense to put the entry in to is
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-eth0 (assuming this is
> based on eth0). Instead of the article's use of "up", you
> want to look at the syntax of the "ip" command: ip route add
> ....
>
> Good luck, cause I think you're going to need it....
Thanks for the response. Re: luck, I'm sure I'm going to need
it - I'm dealing with a lot of big egos who love to argue here,
so, I must do what I must.
--
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
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