Hi Folks
I'm just wondering if anyone has
any feedback regarding this situation.
I maintain a multi homed
Linux router in the Seychelles Islands for the Seychelles government and the CTO
of one of the ISP's wants me to use an IP of 217.161.116.143 with a netmask of
255.255.255.255 and a default gateway of 217.161.116.8.
To explain it further they are
running a fibre optic link to my linux router and at the other end of it they've
got a cisco 2500 with an IP of 217.161.116.8. What I get is ethernet and they
want me to use the IP 217.161.116.143 with a netmask of 255.255.255.255 on my
linux router. I do not want to run IP unnumbered and anyway I cannot think
of how anything but a CISCO can talk IP unnumbered to another
CISCO.
Everything I know and everything
I ever learned says this is mission impossible.
I am at a loss of words on what
to say to this. Am I missing something here perhaps ? Can anyone think of
anything to say to this.
I would greatly appreciate any
feedback from anyone as to what I could possibly say to these people. Then again
maybe I missed something and maybe I am wrong ?
Cheers
Tikiri