weird routing problems.

[Shaya Potter <spotter@itd.nrl.navy.mil>]

I somehow did something that affects route.  I have the simple settings
that the debian installer automatically sets up in my /etc/init.d/network
file.

This ifconfig's the eth0 interface appropriatly, set's up the network, but
when it tries to set the default route, I get.

chum# route add default gw 132.250.89.81
route: eth0_broadcast: cannot use a NETWORK as gateway!
Usage: route [-nNvee] [-FC] [Address_families]  List kernel routing tables
       route {-V|--version}                  Display command version and
exit.
       route {-h|--help} [Address_family]    Usage Syntax for specified
AF.
       route [-v] [-FC] {add|del|flush} ...  Modify routing table for AF.

  Address_families: inet,ddp,ipx,netrom,ax25
        specify AF: -A af1,af2..  or  --af1 --af2  or  af_route

however, if I replace the "132.250.89.81" with "pacfw" (what /etc/hosts
says is 132.250.89.81), everything works.

Does anyone have a clue why the ip address doesn't work, but the name I
gave the machine in /etc/hosts does work.

Thanks,

Shaya


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