(ASCEND) Re: Propogating Static Routes on DSLTNT

[Peter Lalor <plalor@infoasis.com>]

>From: "Robert Hof" <rhof@NETinc.ca>
>
>Hi, I'm having a bit of a routing problem:
>
>I have an SDSL connection to another ISP in town, and the link is up fine.
>They have a whole bunch of networks, of which
>
>204.225.16.0/20
>
>is one.  In the TNT, I have set up the following static route:
>
>admin> list
>[in IP-ROUTE/nas1]
>name* = nas1
>dest-address = 204.225.16.0/20
>netmask = 255.255.240.0
>gateway-address = 199.243.225.1
>metric = 2
>cost = 1
>preference = 60
>third-party = no
>ase-type = type-1
>ase-tag = c0:00:00:00
>private-route = no
>active-route = yes
>ase7-adv = N/A
>vrouter = ""
>inter-vrouter = ""
>
>But, if I try to trace to this address from the TNT itself, it goes out
>through my main Internet connection. Obviously, the goal here is to remove
>as much direct traffic from the Internet as possible.  What am I doing
>wrong?

Are your sure the DSL link itself is up? Not just the line, but the
connection profile?

If it is indeed up, you must have a more-specific (or more preferable)
route somewhere than that /20 that's making the TNT choose your main
connection. Look at your routing table for 204.225.16.x entries.

Peter Lalor           Infoasis
plalor@infoasis.com   http://www.infoasis.com/
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