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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!hilbert.dnai.com!usenet From: Karl Wiebe <karl@dnai.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: routing question Date: 3 Jan 1996 16:51:29 GMT Organization: Direct Network Access Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4cec6h$4ie@hilbert.dnai.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951223021723.6172o-100000@apollo.COSC.GOV> <30DD1C50.66E1@pond.net> <4cd7uv$1r9@apollo.COSC.GOV> NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.dnai.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) X-URL: news:4cd7uv$1r9@apollo.COSC.GOV vince@apollo.COSC.GOV (Vincent Poy) wrote: > >:>> I was wondering does anyone know how to advertise the route for a >:>> Class C address under FreeBSD if the FreeBSD machine is on a 198.94.103.34 >:>> address and we want the FreeBSD machine to be the gateway for >:>> 205.167.164.0-205.167.165.0? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! > I assume the upstream networks/providers _are willing_ to route these IPs to you? And that they _are_ pointed at you already? I'm sure you can advertise RIP routes, or even run gated and advertise using better protocols, but if your upstream neighbors aren't already pointing these Class Cs at you, it won't work. Some exceptions still remain, but until IPv6 is installed network-wide, IP address ranges _aren't_ portable from provider to provider... --Karl