| Art Alexion on 24 May 2006 17:54:07 -0000 |
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On Wednesday 24 May 2006 09:56, gyoza@comcast.net wrote: > I don't think you understand the function of the hub. It's just a > repeater. It doesn't do anything except physically connect the LAN > together. Perhaps, but because the router/gateways seems to do more, even with the local addressing, I need to understand how to work with a piece of hardware that does do something other than just connect. My specific questions: > Before I eliminate the hub, I want to make sure that the > LAN is using the gateway and not the hub. > > What command can I use to best determine which route local traffic is > taking? > > If local traffic is now using the hub, how can I force it to use the > gateway instead? > > The existing LAN -- and presumably the hub -- is using hardcoded /etc/hosts > addresses. (192.168.0.x) The gateway is assigning addresses dynamically > (range 192.168.1.[2-64] -- the gateway itself uses the address > 192.168.1.1). > > What changes do I need to make to the hosts file or other configuration so > that local traffic uses the dynamically assigned address in the 192.168.1. > [2-64] range? -- _____________________________________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment - signature.asc - is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html _____________________________________________________________ Attachment:
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