Re: Routing to private IP on public LAN

[Saad Kadhi <bsdguy_(_at_)_docisland_(_dot_)_org>]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 11:35:48PM -0700, Jordan Klein wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> I am having a problem with creating a static host route.  My local LAN has 2
> computers on it, plus an SDSL router/bridge.  The SDSL router/bride is
> running in bridge mode (*sigh*) and has a private IP of 192.168.254.254.
> The rest of my LAN has public IP addresses provided by my ISP.
[snip]
> Is this something that OpenBSD isn't capable of, or do I need to do
> something else?  I attempted to also create an alias IP address on the same
> interface, placing it on the same subnet as the router/bridge, but to no
> avail, as well.
this should work. having an IP addr in the same subnet as the machine you are
trying to ping is mandatory in unix if you don't have a more generic route that
can take you to the target machine. This IP addr can be the real interface IP or
an alias. With this, you don't need a static route (it is automatically added).
make sure you that your alias is configured with a correct IP addr and netmask. 
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