Re: [edlug] Networking oddness

[Dick Middleton <dick@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

Dick Middleton wrote:
> Chris Sinclair wrote:
>
> > I've been trying to set someone up with a cable modem under linux.  The
> > device appears to work using CDCEther and usbnet modules, and I have had
> > the same model of modem working on a different installation.  The usbnet
> > device appears under ifconfig with all of the settings assigned
> > correctly.  The settings are:
> >
> > 202.0.41.*** IP
> > 255.255.252.0 Subnet mask
> > 203.79.116.1 Default gateway
> >
> > As you can see, the network number of the host IP and the gateway IP do
> > not match so when the default gateway is added using:
>
>
> So long as the router knows how to get to 203.... it should be OK - you 
> can use the dev option of route to tell it how to get there.
>
> something like route add default gw 203.... dev eth0

It seems you have to do this in 2 bits:

route add -host 203..... dev eth0
route add default gw 203....

Dick
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