Re: routing problem solved

[Gerry Jensen <gerry@blue.intele.net>]

On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Rick Hawkins wrote:

> Under the beta releases with 1.3.9x, the following file is created:
> 
> #!      /bin/sh
> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> route add 127.0.0.1
> IPADDR=129.186.31.38
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=129.186.31.38
> BROADCAST=129.186.31.255
> GATEWAY=129.186.31.254
> ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
> route add -net ${NETWORK}
> route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
> 
> these last two lines simply aren't working with the variable names.  I
> added 

The reason the last "route add -net ${NETWORK}" is not working is that it
is expecting a network address (ending in .0) and it is getting a host
address instead.  In the above example, change the "NETWORK=129.186.31.38" 
line to "NETWORK=129.186.31.0" and things should work.  If this is indeed
getting created this way by a Debian script, it needs to be changed
immediately.  I don't think 0.93 had this bug, so perhaps people 
upgrading from that release won't experience this problem.

Gerry
gerry@blue.intele.net