[conspire] Routing question

[Ryan Russell]

Edmund J. Biow wrote:
> # ifconfig -a
> ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:46:B5:AE:90 
>           inet addr:192.168.2.102  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::213:46ff:feb5:ae90/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1395 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:1114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:1009725 (986.0 KiB)  TX bytes:93931 (91.7 KiB)
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:B0:10:02:38 
>           inet addr:192.168.1.126  Bcast:192.168.223.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>           Interrupt:185 Base address:0x4000
> The ethernet is set with a static IP address, otherwise I suspect it
> wouldn't have any address at all. wifi0 is a built-in Broadcom wifi card
> that doesn't even work properly with Windoze.
> 
> But I do the magic command and all is good, I can mount my shares and
> see my local web page.
> 
> # route add  -net 192.168.1.0/24 gw 192.168.2.1
> 

Right. You have a directly-connected interface (eth0) which is in 
192.168.1.x, so it would normally use that route. You're overriding that 
with a route to go over ath0 instead. To solve, either deconfig the IP 
address on eth0 or use the route add command you're using.

Also, but unrelated, the broadcast address on eth0 is wrong.

					Ryan