CIPE Server netmask problem on Redhat Linux 9

Hi,

I am trying to set up a CIPE server on the redhat linux 9.

I have done the following:

>Edited a file : /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-cipcb0

DEVICE=cipcb0
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=yes
MYPORT=6789
PEER=67.xx.xxx.161:6790
PTPADDR=192.168.0.2
IPADDR=192.168.0.1
NETMASK =255.255.255.0

>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-cipcb ifcfg-cipcb0

>ifconfig

The ifconfig shows the Mask as 255.255.255.255
How can i change this? Any ideas??

-Ann

Ann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to set up a CIPE server on the redhat linux 9.
>
> I have done the following:
>
>
>>Edited a file : /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-cipcb0
>
>
> DEVICE=cipcb0
> ONBOOT=yes
> USERCTL=yes
> MYPORT=6789
> PEER=67.xx.xxx.161:6790
> PTPADDR=192.168.0.2
> IPADDR=192.168.0.1
> NETMASK =255.255.255.0
>
>
>>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-cipcb ifcfg-cipcb0
>
>
>>ifconfig
>
>
> The ifconfig shows the Mask as 255.255.255.255
> How can i change this? Any ideas??
>
> -Ann

Please note that there are two IP addresses at each end of
a CIPE tunnel: the outside address which is used to build
the tunnel, and the inside address which is used with the
data to be transferred via the tunnel. To keep routing
manageable, the outside and inside addresses must be in
different subnets: there is no hinder to use a totally
different network for the inside addresses.

You're trying to put the outside and inside addresses
in the same subnet (192.168.0.0/24), and the routing
is confused. The CIPE interfaces carry the inside addresses
and the data has to be routed via them. The outside
addresses are in the configuration file, and they must
be routable/accessible via the real network interfaces
of the host.

The Red Hat configuration files are a bit strange for me:
I'm a Debian user. Maybe some Red Hat user can help here.

HTH

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi

Thanks Tauno..i really appreciate it!!

Ann

Tauno Voipio <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<tY%lc.36$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Ann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to set up a CIPE server on the redhat linux 9.
> >
> > I have done the following:
> >
> >
> >>Edited a file : /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-cipcb0
> >
> >
> > DEVICE=cipcb0
> > ONBOOT=yes
> > USERCTL=yes
> > MYPORT=6789
> > PEER=67.xx.xxx.161:6790
> > PTPADDR=192.168.0.2
> > IPADDR=192.168.0.1
> > NETMASK =255.255.255.0
> >
> >
> >>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-cipcb ifcfg-cipcb0
> >
> >
> >>ifconfig
> >
> >
> > The ifconfig shows the Mask as 255.255.255.255
> > How can i change this? Any ideas??
> >
> > -Ann
>
> Please note that there are two IP addresses at each end of
> a CIPE tunnel: the outside address which is used to build
> the tunnel, and the inside address which is used with the
> data to be transferred via the tunnel. To keep routing
> manageable, the outside and inside addresses must be in
> different subnets: there is no hinder to use a totally
> different network for the inside addresses.
>
> You're trying to put the outside and inside addresses
> in the same subnet (192.168.0.0/24), and the routing
> is confused. The CIPE interfaces carry the inside addresses
> and the data has to be routed via them. The outside
> addresses are in the configuration file, and they must
> be routable/accessible via the real network interfaces
> of the host.
>
> The Red Hat configuration files are a bit strange for me:
> I'm a Debian user. Maybe some Red Hat user can help here.
>
> HTH
>
> Tauno Voipio
> tauno voipio @ iki fi

Ann wrote:
> Thanks Tauno..i really appreciate it!!
>
> Ann
>

Thank you - positive feedback keeps the response engine running.

Tauno
tauno voipio @ iki fi