route: SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument

[Oz Dror <dror@earthlink.net>]

When I type
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -net 127.0.0.0
I get 
SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument

When I type 
IPADDR=192.168.0.4
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
GATEWAY=192.168.0.4
ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
route add -net ${NETWORK}

I get the same error

but my network works fine.

if I type
ping 192.168.0.1 it works

Any help will be appreciated.

What is the equivalent of these commands when using IP_ALIAS

Thanks
Oz Dror
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