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17-Oct-2007, 09:47 AM #1
Configuring interface of routers
Asking on behalf of my friend ...

" How do i configure the interfaces on two routers ? "
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17-Oct-2007, 10:51 AM #2
Visit the website of the router mfgr, and download the documentation manuals for the router(s) of interest. Don't forget to change the default sysadmin password for each router in order to secure it as default router passwords are well known on the Internet.

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17-Oct-2007, 12:00 PM #3
My friend said:

"This is done on a linux machine on a command line. eg: #route add -net ...."

"Basically, we must use the route command to do it instead of the router mfgr"
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17-Oct-2007, 01:36 PM #4
Does this friend gives out marks if you get it right?
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17-Oct-2007, 02:30 PM #5
What model router from what manufacturer (mfgr) does your friend have?

The use of the route command as you stated it, i.e.: # route add -net ...
is to manipulate the kernel's routing table. Are you talking about a router's kernel, or a computer's kernel routing table. Some routers have Linux OSes - are these routers one of those?

Where are the two routers located, surely one is in one computer, and I presume the other is in another computer on a different network?

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17-Oct-2007, 11:53 PM #6
" There are 2 computers with on 2 different networks and each have a router. then what does #route default does ? "
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18-Oct-2007, 10:26 AM #7
The man page for the route command says:

route add default gw mango-gw
adds a default route (which will be used if no other route matches). All packets using this route will be gatewayed through "mango-gw".
The device which will actually be used for that route depends on how we can reach "mango-gw" - the static route to "mango-gw" will have to
be set up before.

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