Route/arp help?

[Stephan Uphoff]

On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 16:38, M. Parsons wrote:
> On 4/13/05, Iasen Kostov <tbyte at otel.net> wrote:
> > M. Parsons wrote:
> > 
> > >To access my dsl modem's line stats page, I have to create an arp
> > >entry and a route for it, under linux this was done as: (eth1
> > >connected directly to dsl modem)
> > >
> > >ifconfig eth1 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
> > >route add 10.0.0.1 dev eth1
> > >
> > >
> > route add -net 10.0.0.1/32 -iface de0 -cloning
> > 
> > But 'ifconfig de0 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0' (or ifconfig de0
> > 10.0.0.2/24) should set a 10.0.0.0/24 route via de0 why would you want
> > to set it again  ?
> > 
> > >arp -s 10.0.0.1 ffffffffffffffffff    (not really fffff, but the MAC
> > >address of the dsl modem, NOT the nic).
> > >
> > >unfortunately, I cant seem to figure out the commands to get this to
> > >work under FreeBSD 5.3
> > >
> > >Ifconfig is simple enough (replace eth1 with de0 in my case)
> > >
> > >Arp seems the same (except it needs colons)
> > >
> > >But the route command I have no clue.  It doesnt seem to follow the
> > >same syntax as linux, and I havent figured out the correct syntax yet.
> > >
> > >Any help?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Mark
> 
> 
> Honestly I have no clue why its not working, it should be simple, but
> it isnt.. Here is what the arp cache shows and the routing table (and
> its ed0, not de0, my mistake in original message).
> 
> arp: (after doing the arp -s command)
> 
> modem (10.0.0.1) at 00:0b:23:2a:b0:c4 on ed0 permanent [ethernet]
> 
> this looks right doesnt it?
> 
> route:
> 
> default            mydslgateway UGS         0     8173   tun0
> 10/24              link#1             UC          0        0    ed0
> modem              00:0b:23:2a:b0:c4  UHLS        0        4    ed0 =>
> 10.0.0.1/32        link#1             UCS         0        0    ed0
> 
> no idea here?  3 for ed0? is that right?
> 
> note, ed0 is also creating the tun0 device (pppoe), but that was never
> a problem in linux.

I was under the impression (but would need to check to make sure) that
all incoming packets are diverted to ng_pppoe when it is hooked into the
Ethernet interface. 

This would explain your problems.

Can you try this without the interface being used for PPPOE?


> 
> Im just confused. :(
> 
> Its not a big deal, as its only my dsl line stats, but still confused
> why it aint working
> 
> For the record, http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/9693 is the page
> on how you access the line stats, and the MAC part is required for my
> modem.
> 
> Thanks for all the help
> 
> Mark
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