"David H. Silber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm reading "TCP/IP Administration" by O'Reily, and have a question on > > the routing table on my Debian box. It's quite simple: > > > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt > > Iface > > 209.226.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > > eth1 > > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > > eth0 > > 0.0.0.0 209.226.71.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > > eth1 > > > > I have 2 nics in my computer. eth0 is connected to > > another computer (local net), and has IP 192.168.1.2, and another one > > is connected to the internet with DHCP. > > > > My question is: why is the local network bound to default gateway? > > Shouldn't 192.168.1.0 be bound to 192.168.1.2? > > The default is for addresses whose routes are not specified by the > routing table. Packets destined for any computer with an IP in the > 192.168.1.0 network will be sent out eth0. Everything else will go > out the (default) eth1.
David, thanks for your reply. I still don't understand something. Doesn't the line: 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 mean "send everything addressed to IP's 192.168.1.* through default gateway"? But this way the kernel will be sending communications for 192.168.1.1 through 209.226.71.1. So I must be wrong in translating the line above... -- Arcady Genkin "... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate of eternal blessedness in the other world..." (S. Kierkegaard)
