Re: Unthinkable routing problem

["Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in>]

On 26 Jul 2000, Ian Zimmerman wrote:

->>>>>> "Nagarjuna" == Nagarjuna G <nagarjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in> writes:
->
->Nagarjuna> It is unthinkable for us that a machine can forward packets
->Nagarjuna> without itself able to approach the router. !!!  Pl mail if
->Nagarjuna> you require more information on this.
->
->Post the output of "netstat -rn" on the gateway.  You can alter it to
->protect the innocent, but take care to substitute equals for equals,
->and only.

The output:

sagar@gnu:~$ netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
123.111.44.128  0.0.0.0         255.255.255.128 U         0 0          0 eth1
123.111.44.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.128 U         0 0          0 eth0
0.0.0.0         158.144.44.126  0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth0

BTW, I have managed to make the routing work, but I have not understood HOW?
I have changed the IP of the router from 123.111.44.126 to 123.111.44.100,
lo and behold everything started working as usual.

Nagarjuna