Re: rejecting network routes

[Mirek Kwasniak <mirek@zind.ikem.pwr.wroc.pl>]

On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 10:43:36AM -0600, dan wrote:
> Does anyone know how to remove a rejecting route from the kernel's
> routing tables?
> 
> Here is a transcript that captures what I'm trying to do:
> 
> # route add -net 207.46.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 reject  
> # route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> res-net         *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
> 207.46.0.0      -               255.255.0.0     !     0      -        0 -
> localnet        *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
> default         gatewayhost.mrs 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
> # route del -net 207.46.0.0
> SIOCDELRT: Invalid argument
> 

# route add -net 207.46.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 reject
# route |grep 207.46.0.0
207.46.0.0      -               255.255.0.0     !     0      -        0 -
# route del -net 207.46.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 reject
# route |grep 207.46.0.0
#

Mirek