Pierre Fortin wrote:
> Felix Miata wrote:
> > I am trying to get Linux to peer with OS/2 and windoze. I have a Linux
> > book guiding me through.
> > When I execute the route command, the result is as follows:
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> > st21s.atlantic. * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
> > localhost.local * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 lo
> > 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> > default 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
> > default 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth0
> > The book example looks rather different, and when I execute the command,
> > it takes a very long time to complete, unlike the OS/2 counterpart,
> > which completes instantly. Is this long time normal for Linux, over a
> > minute?
> No delay if you use "route -n"... right?
Correct.
> What does the "host:" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf say..?
No such line in /etc/nsswitch.conf, but it does have:
hosts: files nisplus nis dns
> And why do you have 2 default routes with different metrics..?
That's what I'd like to know. Seeing that after the long delay executing
route sort of like announced a problem.
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