Hi,

Lucio de Re wrote:
> # netstat -in
> Name  Mtu   Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
> ne1   1500  <Link>        00:80:ad:af:a6:c7    84263     0      693     0     0
> ne1   1500  192.168.30.16 192.168.30.22        84263     0      693     0     0
> lo0   32976 <Link>                              4420     0     4420     0     0
> lo0   32976 127           127.0.0.1             4420     0     4420     0     0
> ppp0  1500  <Link>                             12758     0    12568     0     0
> ppp0  1500  192.168.30.16 192.168.30.22        12758     0    12568     0     0
> ppp1* 1500  <Link>                                 0     0        0     0     0
> ppp2* 1500  <Link>                                 0     0        0     0     0
> ppp3* 1500  <Link>                                 0     0        0     0     0
> sl0*  296   <Link>                                 0     0        0     0     0
> sl1*  296   <Link>                                 0     0        0     0     0
> sl2*  296   <Link>                                 0     0        0     0     0
> sl3*  296   <Link>                                 0     0        0     0     0
> 
> and I'm trying to add a default route via ne1, the gateway being
> 192.168.30.17.

IP-routing is based on the network part of an ip-address. As you have
two
interfaces which are in the same ip-network, I doubt routing will work
properly. I see two easy solutions to you problem. 

1) Use a different IP-net on the ppp-link. You can use NAT on the
NetBSD machine to translate incoming ppp-packets to have a proper
IP address if you need to.

2) Create a small subnet in the 192.168.30 net, which contains only
two IP-addresses and use these for the two hosts doing ppp.

> And while I'm asking, where could I find the updated traceroute(8) that 
> automatically selects the most sensible interface rather than the first 
> one?

traceroute accepts an interface on the commandline. man traceroute.

> PS: seems I'm having trouble resubscribing to tech-net, so if you see
> this you might have to reply off the list to get to me :-(

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  Guenther