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- From: sam@csi.compuserve.com (Sam Neely)
- Subject: Need help with TCP/IP routing on NetWare 3.11
- Message-ID: <BxwM11.CJL@csi.compuserve.com>
- Organization: CompuServe Incorporated
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 08:53:24 GMT
- Lines: 62
-
- I'm having a bit of a problem configuring my NetWare 3.11 server to do
- proper TCP/IP routing due to a bit of confusion on my part and a weird
- configuration at my site.
-
- We have a class B IP address (149.174) and have it subnetted at the
- oh-so-typical 8 bit mark (255.255.255.0). The problem is that our
- backbone as traffic for three subnets on it. Pictorially:
-
- (Networks 149.174.1, 149.174.2, 149.174.3) [BACKBONE]
- =====================================================
- | |
- | 149.174.1.1 |
- | 149.174.2.1 |
- | 149.174.3.1 | 149.174.3.2
- (Outside world) +--------+ +---------+
- --------------------| Router | | Netware |
- +--------+ +---------+
- | 149.174.4.1
- |
- ==============================
- (Network 149.174.4)
-
- My network uses RIP to broadcast routing information. The router,
- however, likes to broadcast RIP to 255.255.255.255 instead of the
- subnet broadcast addresses of 149.174.{1,2,3}.255. Also, if I'm not
- mistaken, the broadcast comes from the primary IP address of
- 149.174.1.1. By the way, the router does broadcast a proper default
- route of 0.0.0.0 so others can get to the outside world.
-
- From memory, here's the pertenent info from my autoexec.ncf:
-
- load TCPIP forward=yes
- bind ip to interface0 addr=149.174.3.2 mask=255.255.255.0
- bcast=149.174.3.255
- bind ip to interface1 addr=149.174.4.1 mask=255.255.255.0
- bcast=149.174.4.255
-
- With this configuration, the RIP packet that does make it over to
- network 149.174.4 only contains 1 route -- the route to network
- 149.174.3.
-
- My questions:
-
- 1. Is it possible for the RIP information to propagate back to the
- 149.174.4 network, or do I have to install routes via IPCONFIG?
-
- 2. Is there any way to teach TCPIP.NLM how to read the RIP broadcast
- going to 255.255.255.255 without breaking anything?
-
- 3. I noticed that there is a 'gate=' parameter on the bind command.
- Does this install a default route (0.0.0.0)? If so, which interface
- does it belong on? I didn't fully understand the description and use
- as presented in The Manual.
-
- 4. Is there anything else that I may have overlooked?
-
- Thanks!
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