# Pinging all network people...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinging-all-network-people/297845>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 5, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinging-all-network-people/297845 "2005-04-05T14:48:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinging-all-network-people/297845/1 "2005-04-05T14:48:54Z")

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Say I need to route traffic for a subnet (111.111.111.0/24) using two routers (router1: 111.111.111.1; router2:111.111.111.2). Don’t ask me _why_ I need two routers; it’s just because.

router1 leads out to the internet. router2 is actually a firewall and handles all the internal traffic for the network. I don’t have direct control over router1, and I need to get it to pass traffic to router2 with as few phone calls to the harried network guy as possible.

Would the following routing statements be correct?

```auto

router1 @ 111.111.111.1 (external):
Dest Gateway Mask Interface
111.111.111.0	111.111.111.2	255.255.255.0	whatever	
router2 @ 111.111.111.2 (internal):
Dest Gateway Mask Interface
111.111.111.1	* 255.255.255.255	eth0
* 111.111.111.1	* eth0
111.111.111.0	* 255.255.255.0	eth1

```

I don’t see why not, but I’ve got a nagging feeling that I’m missing something important.

Thanks.

PS: This question is _not_ for homework. I’m just trying to avoid looking like a dumbass.