On Tue, September 4, 2012 14:34, James B. Byrne wrote: > We use a dual homed CentOS-6.3 host for our Internet gateway router. > Its internal nic (eth1) is configured such that the address > 192.168.0.1 is one of its aliases. > per: Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com Tue Sep 4 15:01:18 EDT 2012 >> # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:192BOOTPROTO=none >> DEVICE=eth1:192 >> IPADDR=192.168.0.1 >> NETMASK=255.255.0.0 >> >> Internal packets routed to 192.168.209.41 are passing through this >> router out onto the network. I am afraid that the reason is not >> evident to me and I have been unable to locate an answer. > > That netmask says the interface handles the range from > 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255. Maybe you meant 255.255.255.0? There are presently two subnets on the lan, 192.168.209.0 and 192.168.209.0. I believe that the present netmask is correct in these circumstances. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3