Disabling routing on pSeries 660H1 running Aix 5L

[promise1]

I have an IBM pSeries 660H1 running Equinox Banking Application (Sybase 12.0).

I would like to confirm and disable routing on the Aix Server.

When i run "netstat" i notice that the server "seems" to be routing.

I have only configured one default gateway on the server.

How do i enforce the server to send all packets only to the configured gateway?????


hanks

Promise

 

[victorv]

hi,

the server contacts default gateway when the address
it is looking for, is out of your subnet.

NM: 255.255.255.0
A : 192.168.1.1
B : 192.168.1.2
DG: 192.168.1.251

C: 207.46.249.190

When you (A) contact a B address (in your subnet)
for the first time, A broadcast an special signal
with B adress. B answers giving his MAC address,
A put it in ARP table and for next dialogue
use mac address.

If A contact C that is out of your subnet, he knows
broadcast cannot change subnet, goes in static
routes and look for special routing:
to speak with 10.5.6.x (out of your subnet), follow this
route.

If there are not specified route, it call default gateway.


What does give you idea that your "server seems to be routing" ?

bye

 

[theycallmetim]

make sure you're network options parm ipforwarding is set to 0. This will stop all packets from being sent "through" your server disabling routing.

no -a | grep ipforwarding

Also, check to see if you have any static routes set, netstat -r, or if the routed daemon is running.