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Old 08-18-2004, 08:51 AM   #1
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Question Route to subnet exists but I get "Network unreachable" when adding default route

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Hi,

I'm trying to create the default gateway on my notebook (Fedora Core 1), but I get a "SIOCADDRT: network unreachable" message. The problem is my eth0 interface on my notebook is on a different subnet than the gateway providing the internet access.

Here's a map of my network :


                       _____________________       ______________________
                       |Home Office Network|-------| Notebook           |
                       |   192.168.11.0/24 |       | 192.168.11.215     |
                       ---------------------       ----------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       _____________________________
                      |Home Office Gateway/VPN box |
                      |  192.168.11.2              |
                      ------------------------------
                                 |
                             Wireless bridge
                                 |
                       VPN Tunnel
                                 |
                             Wireless bridge
                                 |
                       _______________________
                       |  Main Office VPN box|
                       |   192.168.12.18     |
                       -----------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       ________________________      ______________________________
                       |  Main Office Subnet  |------| Main Office Def Gateway/FW |------ Internet
                       |   192.168.12.0/24    |      | 192.168.12.10              |
                       ------------------------      ------------------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       ___________________________
                       |   Main Office Machines  |
                       |   192.168.12.n          |
                       ---------------------------

The VPN works. Machines in the main office can ping the notebook at the home office and vice-versa. But my next goal is to use the internet connection of the main office from the notebook at the home office. Unfortunately I use two 3Com Secure Gateway/Routers as VPN boxes and can't change the default gateways on them (the 3com box will pass the traffic for 192.168.12.0 through the tunnel and the rest to the "ISP" using the Wan interface IP Address). That's the reason I tried to adjust the routing on my notebook and make it use the main office gateway as his default gateway.

But, when I try to add the default gateway :

route add default 192.168.12.10

I get :

SIOCADDRT: Network unreachable

However when I ping 192.168.12.10, I get a response.

Here's my notebook's routing table :

 Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
 192.168.11.0    *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
 192.168.12.0    192.168.11.2    255.255.0.0     UG    0      0        0 eth0
 127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo

What's wrong with this ?

Thanks,
 
Old 08-18-2004, 08:57 AM   #2
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Hi,

I'm trying to create the default gateway on my notebook (Fedora Core 1), but I get a "SIOCADDRT: network unreachable" message. The problem is my eth0 interface on my notebook is on a different subnet than the gateway providing the internet access.

Here's a map of my network :

Code:
                       _____________________       ______________________
                       |Home Office Network|-------| Notebook           |
                       |   192.168.11.0/24 |       | 192.168.11.215     |
                       ---------------------       ----------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       _____________________________
                      |Home Office Gateway/VPN box |
                      |  192.168.11.2              |
                      ------------------------------
                                 |
                             Wireless bridge
                                 |
                       VPN Tunnel
                                 |
                             Wireless bridge
                                 |
                       _______________________
                       |  Main Office VPN box|
                       |   192.168.12.18     |
                       -----------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       ________________________      ______________________________
                       |  Main Office Subnet  |------| Main Office Def Gateway/FW |------ Internet
                       |   192.168.12.0/24    |      | 192.168.12.10              |
                       ------------------------      ------------------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       ___________________________
                       |   Main Office Machines  |
                       |   192.168.12.n          |
                       ---------------------------

The VPN works. Machines in the main office can ping the notebook at the home office and vice-versa. But my next goal is to use the internet connection of the main office from the notebook at the home office. Unfortunately I use two 3Com Secure Gateway/Routers as VPN boxes and can't change the default gateways on them (the 3com box will pass the traffic for 192.168.12.0 through the tunnel and the rest to the "ISP" using the Wan interface IP Address). That's the reason I tried to adjust the routing on my notebook and make it use the main office gateway as his default gateway.

But, when I try to add the default gateway :

route add default 192.168.12.10

I get :

SIOCADDRT: Network unreachable

However when I ping 192.168.12.10, I get a response.

Here's my notebook's routing table :

Code:
 Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
 192.168.11.0    *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
 192.168.12.0    192.168.11.2    255.255.0.0     UG    0      0        0 eth0
 127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
What's wrong with this ?

Thanks,
 
Old 08-18-2004, 10:23 AM   #3
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You only need to
remove route 192.168.12.0
and add
route add default gw 192.168.11.2
 
Old 08-18-2004, 10:56 AM   #4
fciuffani
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Hi Arno,

If I remove this route and set the def gw to 192.168.11.2, all packets directed to the main office subnet would go through the tunnel (correct) but all the those directed to other subnets (i.e. internet) wouldn't enter the tunnel. I assume they would bounce between the two routers.

Here's an updated shema of the network that's more complete.
Code:
                       _____________________       ______________________
                       |Home Office Network|-------| Notebook           |
                       |   192.168.11.0/24 |       | 192.168.11.215     |
                       ---------------------       ----------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       _____________________________
                      |Home Office Gateway/VPN box |
                      | eth0 192.168.11.2          |
                      | eth1 192.168.14.2          | def gw 192.168.14.1
                      ------------------------------
                                 |
                             Wireless bridge
                                 |
                       IPSEC VPN Tunnel (between 192.168.11.0 and 192.168.12.0)
                                 |
                             Wireless bridge
                                 |
                       _______________________
                       |  Main Office VPN box|
                       | eth1 192.168.14.1   | def gw 192.168.14.2
                       | eth0 192.168.12.2   |
                       -----------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       ________________________      ______________________________
                       |  Main Office Subnet  |------| Main Office Def Gateway/FW |------ Internet
                       |   192.168.12.0/24    |      | 192.168.12.10              |
                       ------------------------      ------------------------------
                                 |
                                 |
                       ___________________________
                       |   Main Office Machines  |
                       |   192.168.12.n          |
                       ---------------------------

It was probably a bad idea to use these boxes to do this. These 3Com OfficeConnect routers aren't bad to build a simple VPN or as firewalls, but not flexible enough to do what I need.

Thanks for your answer,
 
Old 08-18-2004, 02:11 PM   #5
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Sorry my fault I was to quick in reading your in-tire story, what you want is acces to the Internet.
You must simply create a proxy connection with the firewall 192.168.12.10 at the office
if you use gnome start
gnome-network-preferences
 
  


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