[CLUE-Tech] gateway: networking question

[Brandon N]

yes, you an delete it manually with route del 0.0.0.0

I don't now how to change it in the configuration, what distro are you
running?

you can also type "route get  IP" and it should tell you how it intends
on routing a particular packet


--- jason at matchingmoms.com wrote:
> The server is running Linux, the client Windows98.  The topology is:
> 
> Linux ------------ hub ------------- Windows98.
> 
> There's no external connection (yet).
> 
> Everyone seems to agree that no gateway is necessary.  Yet, my route
> command
> shows that the gateway is "broken", and I believe that is causing
> some of my
> network activity to timeout (such as a call to sendmail).  Can I
> delete the
> gateway altogether, and if so, how?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brandon N <bneill at yahoo.com>
> To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] gateway: networking question
> 
> 
> > This varies per distribution, and to be honest I only know how to
> do it
> > manually. ( I write my own init scripts for this stuff, not much
> help
> > to anyone else.
> > First, what is your network topology?
> >
> > machine1 ------- Linux box ------ external connection (DSL/modem)
> >
> > If that is it, then you will need to enable IP forwarding on the
> Linux
> > box.
> > If it's just   machine1 ------ linux box
> > you don't need a gateway (properly called default router)
> >
> > Are both machines running Linux?
> >
> > Brando
> >
> > --- jason at matchingmoms.com wrote:
> > > I'm told that my gateway is invalid and that, because I've got
> only
> > > my Linux server and one other computer connected to a hub and
> haven't
> > > a router, that I can set my server to be the gateway.  Is this
> true?
> > > If so, how do I set my server as my gateway?
> > >
> > > I see I have an already-existing file:
> > >
> > > root ~>cat /etc/gateways
> > > # /etc/gateways:
> > > #
> > > #<net | host> NAME1 gateway NAME2 metric VALUE <passive | active
> |
> > > external>
> > >
> > > friejas ~>route
> > > Kernel IP routing table
> > > Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref
> > > Use Iface
> > > 192.168.0.0     *               255.255.0.0     U     0      0
> > > 0 eth0
> > > default         192.168.0.2     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0
> > > 0 eth0
> > >
> > > friejas ~>cat /etc/hostname
> > > #/etc/hostname
> > > jsf_host
> > >
> > > friejas ~>cat /etc/hosts
> > > #/etc/hosts127.0.0.1       localhost
> > > #192.168.1.1    jsf_host        jsf_host
> > > #192.168.0.200   server1
> > > 192.168.0.200   jsf_host        jsf_host
> > > 192.168.0.101   client1
> > >
> >
> >
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