On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 02:48:01PM -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > With a 2.4 kernel, the route command works as described by its man page. > With a 2.6 kernel, any form of "route add -net" or "route add -host" other > than "route add -net default" produces an error message > > "SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument" > > In at least some cases, entering one or more static routes and getting > the error message, followed by entering a default route, will cause all > the routes to come up and start working. > > This was tested on Debian Sarge and Libranet 3.0. Platforms are Pentium > 1, Pentium 2, and dual Athlon MP.
I need you exact commands which cause the trouble, most likely you used the wrong gateway settings. This is BTW a kernel issue not a route problem. The requirements for a route specification changed. So please send me the output of "netstat -r" and "ifconfig" before your route command and the route command itself. Othwise I am not able to help you. Just for the records, generally it works: # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 # route add -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev eth0 # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 128.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 default 10.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 # route del -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 # route add -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.0.0.1 # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 128.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 default 10.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 # uname -a Linux calista 2.6.8.1 #1 Sat Sep 18 23:03:42 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux If you want to keep your configuration secret, you can send me the typescript in private. Greetings Bernd -- (OO) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ( .. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED],linux.de,debian.org} http://www.eckes.org/ o--o 1024D/E383CD7E [EMAIL PROTECTED] v:+497211603874 f:+49721151516129 (O____O) When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
