SunIPC gateway ?? Summary

From: Thomas Yen (tom@viewlogic.com)
Date: Fri Dec 21 1990 - 14:41:55 CST


A while ago I asked :

>
>Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 17:53:46 -0500
>From: Thomas Yen <tom@Viewlogic.COM>
>Message-Id: <9012102253.AA04886@rodeo>
>To: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.edu
>Subject: SunIPC gateway ??
>Status: R
>
>
>Hi Managers,
>
>I have a problem setting up a SunIPC as gateway with a Sbus ethenet card
>which I bought from Sun and is configured as thin ether interface.
>
>Here is the conf:
>
>SunIPC ( 4/40 ) running SunOS 4.1
>
>Node name macho, IP address is 139.181.16.55 ( Which on Class B )
>
>I want the Sbus ethenet card function as le1 and it did as I saw
>when the system boot it show le0 and le1 and etc.
>
>Now, what should I have to do to make it work and talk to a subnet
>139.181.17 ( Class C ) hosts such as zuken on IP 139.181.17.49.
>
> --- How is the ifconfig should be
> --- what should I put on /etc/hosts file both on the gateway
> and the subnet hosts
>
>
>What I have done is as follow:
>
> 139.181 ( Class B ) network
> ------------------------+-------------------------------------
> |
> |
> |139.181.16.55 le0 netmask 255.255.0.0
> | broadcast 139.181.255.255
> ----+----
> | macho |
> | SunIPC|
> ----+----
> |
> |139.181.17.50 le1 netmask 255.255.255.0
> | broadcast 139.181.17.255
> |
> |
> ----+----
> | Zuken | 139.181.17.49 ( HP 9000/375 run HP-UX
> --------- 7.03 )
>
>
>As you could guessed I have three entry in macho /etc/hosts:
>
> macho 139.181.16.55
> macho-gw 139.181.17.50
> zuken 139.181.17.49
>
>
> and on the /etc/rc.boot file ( on macho ):
>
>ifconfig le1 139.181.17.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 139.181.17.255
>
>Put it simple I just want to use SunIPC with Sbus ether card as a gateway
>between 139.181 ( class B ) network and 139.181.17 ( class C ) subnet.
>
>Anybody could shed a light for me will be greatly appreciated. As always
>I will summarized. Thanks in advanced.
>

The summary:

Several people pointed out that I could not have two netmasks on a single
Sun machine and that is the truth that I found.

Thanks for All of you that answer my question.
Especially to:

yih%atom@cs.utah.edu (Benny Yih)
pdg@draci.cs.uow.edu.au
beig%FRULM63.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Jacques Beigbeder)
vasey@mcc.com (Ron Vasey)
brian@natinst.com (Brian H. Powell)
jrich@ucrmath.ucr.edu (john richardson)
Richard Drew Dean <rd0k+@andrew.cmu.edu>

If you need of what I got drop a note for me I will send it to you.

Happy Merry Christmas to Sun Managers

|Thomas Yen | {Internet} tom@viewlogic.com |
|Systems Manager | {UUCP} ...!samsung!cg-atla!viewlog!tom |
|Viewlogic System, Inc. | {FAX} 508-480-0882 |



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