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Re: (ASCEND) Pipelines and multiple NAS: Gateway?
At 09:40 1997/11/06 -0800, Jon Rust wrote:
>I've been putting this off since I only had 1 PM3 per pop until recently.
>Now I've got multiples, and ISDN users (specifically Pipeline users) are
>having issues since the gateway is hardcoded into their settings. Now
>that they can get a different PM3 when they connect, it's hosing them up.
this is a message I sent out last month,
I havn't checked to see if it ever made it into a FAQ,
but it does what you're looking for,
though will require the users to make some changes:
---Original Message---
>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 18:50:10 -0400
>Subject: Re: (ASCEND) numbered interfaces
>[rather long, sorry, but I think good material for the FAQ]
>while we're speaking of numbered/unnumbered,
>how can one do unnumbered/interface-based routing on the pipelines?
>such that I don't care what the remote IP is (say a pool of MAXen),
>and all I know is that I want to send my default route to
>connection profile XYZ and that whatever router is at the other end
>of that connection will accept my packets.
>
>I've got an hour to kill, lets try...
>I'm using software b2.p75 rev 5.1A...
>
>what if I leave the LAN address and IF address blank
>and put in a WAN alias, will that do it?
>OK, with WAN alias=10.10.10.10
>and default route -> 10.10.10.10
>I'm able to dial and login (using PAP)
>packets are flowing, traceroutes look good,
>I'll try agian on a different MAX... looks good,
>the remote sees my real IP address and routes to me just fine,
>local pipeline's route table points default -> 10.10.10.10 -> wan2
>and shows no sign of the real IP address of the remote.
>
>tested and working on MAX 1800's and MAX 40xx's as remotes
>from two different POPs, and all MAXen talk OSPF,
>my connection profile is in RADIUS with a /26 block routed down.
>
>to switch between POPs/MAXen, all I had to change was the phone number!
>this really works! somebody add this to the FAQ!
>
>-Jim H
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