On Jun 24, Shaya Potter wrote
:
: 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
What's your netmask? (As configured on the interface.)
:
: however, if I replace the "132.250.89.81" with "pacfw" (what /etc/hosts
: says is 132.250.89.81), everything works.
Weired, indeed.
Heiko
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