Hello but packets are going To their subnetwork. then m.n.o.w sends packet to a.b.c.255 gateways other than a.b.c.1 doesn't know that a.b.c.255 is a broadcast. it's only a.b.c.1 (m.n.o.p) who discards the packet may be I should redraw my pic. a.b.c.0/24,brd+ -----[ a.b.c.1, m.n.o.p ]-----m.n.o.w <-------pings are going in that direction So, packets are going TO their subnet. Any idea??? thanks, PoltoS/ On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, bert hubert wrote: ;On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:35:16AM +0400, Poltorak Serguei wrote: ;> Hello. ;> ;> I would like to route broadcast messages. ;> For now, if I ping a.b.c.255 from m.n.o.w the packet is passing through ;> each router, except the last, a.b.c.1 (m.n.o.p, other "external" address) ;> and only he replys to that packet, but not from a.b.c.1, he does it from ;> m.n.o.p address (logic, it's the address of the output interface). ; ;Broadcast messages don't leave their subnet. If you want that, you don't ;need a router but a bridge! ; ;Regards, ; ;bert ; ;-- ;http://www.PowerDNS.com Versatile DNS Software & Services ;http://www.tk the dot in .tk ;http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO ; _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/