On 05/14/11 20:59, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 05/14/2011 11:42 PM, JD wrote: >>> Can you add a "special" static route between the 2 specifying the router >>> as the gateway? >>> >>> As I recall, LAN traffic assumes that anything sent on the local >>> interface will get directly to anything else on the local network by >>> just sending it. I'm not sure why the router doesn't "route" those >>> packets when it sees them unless it assumes that if receives them over >>> the wireless and the target machine is also wireless, that that would be >>> redundant. >>> >>> Sometimes I used to set up static routes between machines, guaranteeing >>> that the route the packets take will get there. something like: >>> >>> On machine w.x.y.2, sending to machine w.x.y.3, using the router at >>> w.x.y.1 as the intermediary: >>> >>> # route add -host w.x.y.3 gw w.x.y.1 dev eth0 >>> >>> I'm not 100% sure this will work, because if the router is at fault, it >>> may still fail. But its worth a try. >>> >> No that would not do anything because already the default route is >> 192.168.1.254 >> which is the gateway/router. > No. The default route is only used when there is not a route found for > the target machine. If the target machine is on the same subnet, then > the packets just get sent out on the local network device. While its > true that both the target machine and the router are on this network, > this is the configuration that is not working for you. What you want is > to either add a specific route "before" the local network route so that > all traffic to that machine gets sent to the router, or, remove your > local network route from your routing table. In that case, all you > should have is a default route (that might work). > > This is my laptop routing table: >> # route >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface >> local.net * 255.255.255.0 U 2 0 0 eth1 >> default 192.168.6.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 > Note that any traffic to my local network gets put on the local network. > (This is the first routing line.) BTW, local.net is 192.168.6.0/24. > > If there is traffic for *anywhere* else, that's what invokes the default > route, and that gets sent to my router. > > I'm suggesting that you either have: > > 192.168.1.108 192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0 UG wlan0 > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U wlan0 > 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG wlan0 > > or you have only: > > 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG wlan0 > > I think you'll see a difference.... > > I'm also wondering if you'll have to do the something similar on the > "other" wireless machine.... (192.168.1.108?) I'm assuming your 2 > "wireless" machines are 192.168.1.60& 192.168.1.108, and that your > router is 192.168.1.254. > I do not seem to be able to alter the routing table. Current table on Fedora pc is: $ route -vn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0 I removed interfaces eth0 and virbr0 (i.e. I deactivated them) so they no longer get configured at bootup. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
