(PM) indestructable route & more location stuff

James Hamilton (jamesh@swcp.com)
Sun, 2 May 1999 18:32:40 -0600 (MDT)

Thanks Doug, that was exactly right. As soon (had to wait for a dead
period to test in) as I switched the netmask to 255.255.255.255 things
were ok! Until I ran into the undestructable route this stops my
connection from working. I'll plug in the info I got from ifconfig and
the route info before and after my reboot. I've appended our original
conversation below since it contains my location table. I've tried it on
Demand Dial and Manual with the same results.

Here's the route and ifconfig before the reboot notice the SUSPENDED flag
in the ifconfig output (what does that mean?). This route and ifconfig is
taken when I am -not- connected.

dpm4> show route 198.59.115.158
Destination Mask Gateway Source Flag Met Interface
----------------- ---- -------------------- ------- ---- --- ---------
198.59.115.158 32 198.59.115.158 local HL 1 ptp53
204.134.11.176 28 198.59.115.158 temp NS 1 ptp53

dpm4> ifconfig
ether0: flags=16<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,BROADCAST>
inet 198.59.115.110 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 198.59.115.0 mtu
1500
ptp57: flags=125<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE>
dest 198.59.115.174 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500
ptp61: flags=125<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE>
dest 198.59.115.143 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500
ptp53: flags=1ed<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE,COMPRESS,SUSPENDED>
dest 198.59.115.158 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500
ptp50: flags=1ad<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE,COMPRESS>
dest 198.59.115.222 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500
ptp55: flags=1ad<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE,COMPRESS>
dest 204.134.10.177 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500
ptp5: flags=1ad<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE,COMPRESS>
dest 204.134.5.204 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500
ptp49: flags=125<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE>
dest 204.134.5.196 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500
ptp52: flags=125<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE>
dest 204.134.5.229 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500
ptp54: flags=1ed<IP_UP,IPX_DOWN,POINT_TO_POINT,PRIVATE,COMPRESS,SUSPENDED>
dest 192.168.1.1 netmask ffffffff mtu 1500

Here's what it looks like after a reboot when I dialed in :

dpm4> show route 198.59.115.158
Destination Mask Gateway Source Flag Met Interface
----------------- ---- -------------------- ------- ---- --- ---------
198.59.115.158 32 198.59.115.158 local HL 1 ptp8
204.134.11.176 28 198.59.115.158 temp NS 1 ptp8

and then when I hang up, that route goes away like it is supposed to. I'm
not really sure what is causing the route to get stuck in the first place.
Any help is always appreciated!

Thanks

James

On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Doug Ingraham wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, James Hamilton wrote:
>
> > Hello, I've got a PM3 that I've set up for dialout. Every time I call my
> > Netgear ISDN router ether0 quits talking so I have to do an
> > ifconfig down then ifconfig up to reset it. It seems to only affect
> > ether0, if I have 2 logins to the PM3 they can still talk locally to
> > eachother. My location looks like:
> >
> > Location: jamesh Type: Manual
> > Destination: 198.59.115.158 Netmask: 255.255.255.0
> > Local IP: 198.59.115.110
> > Protocol: PPP Options: Quiet, VJ-Comp
> > Group: 0 Max Ports: 2
> > Idle Timeout: 0 minutes High Mark: 0 bytes
> > Mtu: 1500 Async Map: 00000000
> > Username: someuser Password: xxxxxxx
> >
> > I'm a bit confused as to why this would occur. This PM3 is running ComOS
> > 3.8 if that makes any difference. Any advice or comments would be
> > appreciated!
>
> You probably have the wrong netmask. It should probably be
> 255.255.255.255. The way you have it now it would try to route the whole
> class C over that interface.
>
>
> Doug Ingraham I have a simple philosophy:
> Rapid City, SD Fill what's empty.
> USA Empty what's full.
> Scratch where it itches.
> -- A. R. Longworth
>

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