Comment 6 for bug 1359822
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| Julian Edwards (julian-edwards) wrote Re: [Bug 1359822] Re: Gateway is missing in network definition | #6 |
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On Thursday 28 Aug 2014 22:07:11 you wrote:
> Sorry, I guess I don't understand the comment. Are you saying we'll be
> able to provide a gateway for the network we're defining in MAAS
> (independent of the MAAS-managed network)?
Yes, that will be possible.
> Specifically, we expect users to define the public network that they're
> going to use for public services which will a majority of the time be
> independent of the MAAS-managed network. In that definition, a gateway
> is required in order to make it usable. We're not expecting MAAS to do
> anything with that network or gateway - only to make it accessible via
> the API.
I think what you describe is actually the default gateway.
Some networks will have more than one gateway if they are part of complex
routing, but there is only ever one default gateway, which is what 99.9% of
networks only have.