[f-nsp] POS Interfaces: one side Unnumbered, the other side numbered

Devon devon at noved.org
Fri Mar 5 17:27:54 EST 2004


Gerlof,

> Foundry: IP numbered
> Interface pos 1/1
>     IP address 10.10.10.1     / 30
>
> ip route 10.10.10.2 pos 2/1               (optional: don't think this is
> even needed)

Why are you routing 10.10.10.2 out pos 2/1? That network is off pos 1/1 based 
on the /30 netmask. Unless the physical connection is like this:

Cisco pos 1/1 <--> Foundry pos 2/1

The Foundry should make a DIRECT route to 10.10.10.2 out interface pos 1/1 
based of the ip address of pos 1/1.

Devon

On Friday 05 March 2004 04:32 pm, Gerlof Dijk wrote:
> Sorry, made a little (but essential) mistake in the cisco config.
>
> What I ment is this:
> Cisco: IP unnumbered
>
> Interface loopback 2
>  ip address 10.10.10.2    /32
>
> interface pos 1/1
>  ip unnumbered loopback 2
>
> Foundry: IP numbered
> Interface pos 1/1
>     IP address 10.10.10.1     / 30
>
> ip route 10.10.10.2 pos 2/1               (optional: don't think this is
> even needed)
>
> The question stays the same: does this work?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gerlof
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gerlof Dijk
> Sent: vrijdag 5 maart 2004 21:38
> To: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [f-nsp] POS Interfaces: one side Unnumbered, the other side
> numbered
>
>
>
> I want to connect our Foundry BI 4000 to a cisco box with Pos interfaces
>
> Unfortunally Foundry did not support IP unnumbered on POS interfaces and
> our ISP demants IP unnumbered. So I got a problem.
>
> But I think i've got a work around:
>
> On the foundry box:
>
> Interface pos 1/1
>     IP address 10.10.10.1     / 30
>
> ip route 10.10.10.2 pos 2/1               (optional: don't think this is
> even needed)
>
> On the Cisco Box
>
> Interface loopback 2
>
>  ip address 10.10.10.2    /32
>
>
> interface pos 1/1
>
>  ip unnumbered loopback 2
>
>
> ip route 10.10.10.1 pos 1/1
>
>
> Anyone outthere who thinks this is a working solution?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gerlof Dijk



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