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Article #108RIP from secondary addresses
From: Tom Fitzgerald
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1992 00:40
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1992 00:40
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We've just started using Ciscos here, and I ran into what seems to be a pretty basic problem. We've got a LAN that has two subnet numbers on it. The Cisco has one number as its primary address for the interface, and one as the secondary address. The problem is that RIP broadcasts only come from the primary interface, so some systems with the secondary subnet number are blind to the routing information. On top of that, some systems start logging "packet received from unknown router" errors. I'd rather not force a static default route on the LAN, because they do have a backup router (a dual-interface PC) that can be switched in if the Cisco's down, but only if the systems on the floor are running RIP and are not hard-coded to route to the Cisco's address. Anyone have any suggestions of what I can do here, either to get RIP broadcasts sent twice, once from each address, or to get the systems on the network to recognize RIP broadcasts with an alien source address and not complain about them? -- Tom Fitzgerald Wang Labs fitz@wang.com "I went to the universe today; 1-508-967-5278 Lowell MA, USA It was closed...."
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!das.wang.com!wang!fitz From: fitz@wang.com (Tom Fitzgerald) Subject: RIP from secondary addresses Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA Date: Sat, 08 Aug 92 00:40:42 GMT Message-ID: <bsn37v.fyb@wang.com> Sender: news@wang.com Lines: 23