Greetings, I'm using vpnc for a VPN client. I'm also doing some tricky things with route to make sure I can still access my local network, etc. (the particulars here are not very important). Sometimes I get the routing table so jacked up I get ping: sendto: Network is unreachable for urls that should otherwise resolve. Currently, if I restart Mac OS X then everything is back to normal. Here we will trace the path taken by an IP packet sent from Host A to Host C. Routing related fields in the Ethernet MAC header and IP header are shown. Host A originates an IP packet towards Host C Application sends a message to Host C by sending it to 128.9.2.2 IP address (Host C's IP address). Finding Your Internal IP (OS X 10.5 and Newer): Click on the Apple icon on the upper-left corner of. MAC addresses are layer-2 addresses in the frame header. The layer-2 frame encapsulates the layer-3 IP packet. The layer-2 frame is stripped off at a layer-2/3 boundary (e.g. The forwarding of IP packets by routers is called IP routing. In this lesson, you will learn the steps a router has to perform to fo.
When working with Linux you get used to the way Linux does things, but when you switch from Linux to Mac OS X you notice that some things are handled differently.
One of these differences I came across recently. It’s about the way you read out the routes you currently have active. I was used to the way you show them in Linux with the following command:
I like to add the “-n” parameter to not resolve the IP addresses to names. This can make the output of the routes much faster.
But when you switch over to OS X you will notice that the command “route” exists but work differently. If you open the man page of “route” on a Linux system and then on OS X you will immediately see the following difference.
The Linux man pages show you this description for the command:
But the OS X man page will only show this in the description:
The missing word “show” gives the hint that the route command will not show us the routes as we are used to from Linux. To get a similar list of active routing entries as on Linux the following command has to be executed:
The output of the netstat command on Mac OS X is very similar to the output you are used to from Linux. The option “-r” tell netstat to show the routing table and the “-n” option as with the “route” command avoids DNS resolution. The netstat command is used to show more then just the routing table and is also available on Linux. When executed on Linux it will show the same output as the route command.
Adding a route
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For adding a route to the routing table Linux as well as OS X use the route command, but be aware that even here there are differences. In OS X, to specify a route for network 10.0.0.0/24 to be routed to gateway 10.0.0.1 you use the following command.
But if you are on a Linux system you will have to use the following command to do the same:
The syntax is very close to the syntax of OS X but it is not identical. In the OS X the destination and gateway parameter is defined by its position in the command line, the Linux command expects the parameters to be prefixed with “-net” and “gw”.
The man page of the related commands are usually a good source of what is different between Linux and Mac OS X.
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Your router sits on your network like any other computer. Most routers — Apple’s AirPort Express is an exception — put up their own Web site on your local network that you access with any Web browser, such as Safari. You configure the router through this Web site.
Don’t confuse this Web site with the router manufacturer’s Web site, such as www.linksys.com. The one you use to change settings is literally inside your router and is only accessible from computers on your local network.
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Your router keeps one of the internal IP addresses for itself, and you need to know that address to access the browser’s Web site. The default address your browser uses is in its manual. Here are the IP addresses most often used by popular manufacturers, though the one used for your model may vary:
Router Model | IP Address |
---|---|
D-Link | 192.168.0.1 |
Linksys | 192.168.1.1 |
Netgear | 192.168.0.1 |
SMC | 192.168.2.1 |
USRobotics | 192.168.123.254 |
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With the IP address in hand, you can set up your router:
Ip Route Mac Address
- Open your Web browser and type your router’s IP address into the address bar.So, for most SMC routers, you type 192.168.2.1 in your browser’s address bar to access the router’s Web page.
- When the router’s logon screen appears asking for a password and, on many models, a username, enter the information that’s requested.If you assigned a password and forgot it, the simplest thing to do is to reset the router. However, you will lose any configuration information, such as game ports, you had previously set up. You might first try one of the common default passwords: admin, password, 1234, 12345, and none (that is, leave the password field blank). If all else fails, try resetting your router.
- After the router’s logon screen, you go to a mini Web site with many pages where you can change settings. When you’re done, save your settings and exit your router’s internal configuration page.Exactly what you can do on a router configuration page varies by model, but common capabilities include setting a new username and password; configuring how your router connects to your high-speed Internet modem; turning on or off a built-in firewall; allowing certain ports to be visible through the firewall; and setting parental controls.