RE: (PM) Routing problem

Kevin Sawyer (sawyerk@apci.net)
Tue, 26 May 1998 11:41:54 -0500

RIP 1.X is not designed to work with subnets (smaller than 24-bit),
especially variable-length subnetted networks (VLSM). You should be
using OSPF as your routing protocol.

--Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Weidig, Larry [mailto:lweidig@excel.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 11:14 AM
> To: 'Portmaster'
> Subject: (PM) Routing problem
>
>
> We have two nearly identical dialup customers who have been
> assigned their own block of IP addresses. The first one
> works properly
> and when they connect (ISDN to a PM2 3.7.2) it sends rip
> packets out to
> the other devices and everything routes just fine. The
> second one is a
> modem dialup (PM3 3.7.2c3) and when he connects it simply says that
> there is a TEMP route in the routing table of the PM3 and the rip
> packets are not sent out. Below are the two entries, if anybody has a
> suggestion on this it would be appreciated. The second user
> is able to
> ping the PM3, but nothing beyond. I have checked for other routing
> table entries that might interfere, but there is nothing.
>
> Entry 1 (using an entire class C):
> ==================================
> ENTRY1 Password = "xxxxx"
> User-Service-Type = Framed-User,
> Framed-Protocol = PPP,
> Framed-Address = 198.xxx.xxx.226,
> Framed-Netmask = 255.255.255.0,
> Framed-Route = "198.xxx.xxx.0/24 198.xxx.xxx.226 1",
> Framed-Compression = Van-Jacobsen-TCP-IP,
> Framed-MTU = 1500
>
> Entry 2 (using a subnetted class C):
> ====================================
> ENTRY2 Password = "xxxxx"
> User-Service-Type = Framed-User,
> Framed-Protocol = PPP,
> Framed-Address = 156.xxx.xxx.253,
> Framed-Netmask = 255.255.255.224,
> Framed-Route = "156.xxx.xxx.224/27
> 156.xxx.xxx.253 1",
> Framed-Compression = Van-Jacobsen-TCP-IP,
> Framed-MTU = 1500
>
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