RE: (PM) Am I loosing my mind(more detail)

James Courtier-Dutton (dutton@livingston-ent.co.uk)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:33:40 +0100

Hello
The "NL" route is perfectly normal, please leave it there.
Cheers
James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fast Eddie [mailto:pman@rcia.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 10:08
> To: James Courtier-Dutton; portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: Re: (PM) Am I loosing my mind(more detail)
>
>
>
>
> When I do a show routes, I get:
> 209.20.190.0 /24 209.20.190.2 local NL 1 ether0
> network gateway
>
> but it seems like I put it there. Should I remove it, do a save all
> and reboot?
>
> Ed
> RCIA <<Relatively Cheap Internet Access>>
> Redmond, WA
>
>
>
>
> >Yes.
> >
> >I am at a lose to understand where in the Lucent Manual it says
> you should
> >enter a static route for the local ether0 subnet. I see lots of people
> doing
> >this, and they should not.
> >YOU SHOULD NEVER ENTER A STATIC ROUTE FOR THE LOCAL ETHER0 SUBNET.
> >YOU SHOULD ONLY ENTER A STATIC ROUTE FOR NEXT HOB ROUTES TO A REMOTE
> SUBNET.
> >Sorry for the shouting, but this really annoys me.
> >Once you enter it, it is a pain to get rid off.
> >
> >Idiots guide to changing the ether0 IP address on any Lucent Portmaster
> >product:-
> >Example:-
> >If your ether0 address is currently 10.10.10.1 with netmask 255.255.255.0
> >and you wish to change it to 192.168.180.1 with netmask 255.255.255.0
> >Plug into console port. (You don't have to, but it is easier sometimes)
> >>set ether0 addr 192.168.180.1
> >>set ether0 netmask 255.255.255.0 (you have to enter this, even
> if it does
> >not change,this is the line which adjusts the routing table)
> >>save all (Good Idea but no need for a reboot)
> >
> >The routing table will be changed to match the new IP address.
> >The entry for the local subnet should always have flag "NL".
> >
> >NEVER do the following:-
> >add route 192.168.180.0/24 192.168.180.1 1
> >
> >Now, the easiest way to get rid of the "NEVER DO" static route is as
> >follows.
> >>save all
> >>erase file routes
> >>reboot
> >
> >I hope this helps some people.
> >Cheers
> >James
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com
> >> [mailto:owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com]On Behalf Of Bob Shivers
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 06:17
> >> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> >> Subject: (PM) Am I loosing my mind(more detail)
> >>
> >>
> >> Has any one ever seen this before? (Sorry for the length of this)
> >> we have several remote livingston routers on our network last week we
> >> renumberd our entire network, here's what happened!
> >>
> >> we have an office router running ComOs 3.7.2L then I renumber the ether
> >> interface and add route network address 209.40.64.128/25 router ether
> >> address
> >> 209.40.64.254 and met 1 (209.40.64.128/25 209.40.64.254 1) you can't
> reach
> >> any host on the
> >> new network but if you add route (209.40.64.128/25 209.40.64.132 1)
> >> 209.40.64.132 is a term
> >> server and delete route (209.40.64.128/25 209.40.64.254 1) the
> >> network comes
> >> up if you
> >> change back to the old network it works as it should (old network
> >> 208.151.231.0).and the same thing
> >> happens on an IRX114 running ComOs 3.7.2 on a differnt network.
> >> DETAILS:Livingston all ready up loaded new comos
> >> rt1-kf> sh rout
> >> Destination Mask Gateway Source Flag Met
> Interface
> >> ----------------- ---- -------------------- ------- ---- ---
> ---------
> >> 0.0.0.0 0 208.151.229.1 local NS 1 frmW1
> >> 208.151.229.81 32 208.151.229.1 rip HD 3 frmW1
> >> 208.151.229.97 32 208.151.229.1 rip HD 3 frmW1
> >> 208.151.229.64 28 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 208.151.229.0 28 208.151.229.2 local NL 1 frmW1
> >> 209.40.64.128 25 209.40.64.132 local NS 1
> >> ether0 (this
> >> is a local term server adding this rout was the only way we could bring
> up
> >> network ?)
> >> 209.40.72.0 24 209.40.64.130 local NS 1 ether0
> (TNT
> >> DSLANT for DSL)
> >> 209.40.74.0 24 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 209.40.69.0 24 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 208.234.221.0 24 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 209.40.66.0 24 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 206.100.190.0 24 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 208.205.192.0 24 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 207.48.101.0 24 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 198.68.27.0 24 208.151.229.1 rip ND 2 frmW1
> >> 172.31.0.0 16 208.151.229.1 rip ND 9 frmW1
> >>
> >> rt1-kf> sh ether0
> >> Ethernet Status: IP - Enabled IPX - Disabled
> >>
> >> Interface Addr: 209.40.64.254
> >> Netmask: 255.255.255.128
> >> Broadcast Address: 209.40.64.255
> >>
> >> IPX Network: 00000000
> >> IPX Frame Type: ETHERNET_802.2
> >> Ethernet Address: 00:**:05:**:24:**
> >>
> >> Routing: OSPF, RIP(Broadcast, Listen (On))
> >> Input Filter:
> >> Output Filter:
> >>
> >> rt1-kf> sh w1
> >> ----------------------- Current Status - Port W1
> >> ---------------------------
> >> Status: ESTABLISHED
> >> Input: 1157604386 Abort Errors: 48/16
> >> Output: 350043855 CRC Errors: 100
> >> Pending: 0 Overrun Errors: 0
> >> TX Errors: 0 Frame Errors: 102
> >> Modem Status: DCD+ CTS+
> >>
> >> Active Configuration Default Configuration
> >> -------------------- ---------------------
> >> Port Type: Netwrk Netwrk (Hardwired)
> >> Line Speed: Ext 1536K Ext Clock
> >> Modem Control: on on
> >> Local Address: 208.151.229.2 208.151.229.2
> >> Netmask: 255.255.255.240 255.255.255.240
> >> Interface: frmW1 (FRM,Routing) (FRM,Routing)
> >> Mtu: 1500 0
> >> Dial Group: 0
> >> LMI Poll Int: 10 (seconds)
> >> Old DLCI List: 17:208.151.229.1
> >>
> >> rt1-kf> sh arp ether0
> >> 209.40.64.129 at 00:**:05:**:95:**
> >> 209.40.64.130 at 00:**:7b:**:63:**
> >> 209.40.64.243 at 00:**:18:**:65:**
> >> 209.40.64.244 at 00:**:05:**:c2:**
> >> 209.40.64.132 at 00:**:05:**:3d:**
> >>
> >> rt1-kf> ver
> >> Livingston PortMaster Office Router ComOS 3.7.2L
> >> System uptime is 2 days 18 hours 41 minutes
> >>
> >> I know its been a long week but this dosent add up to me.
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> Bob Shivers
> >>
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