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   From: tauno.voipio@iki.fi.NOSPAM.invalid   
      
   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   
      
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