route: SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument

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

RE: route: SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument

On 08-Mar-99 Oz Dror wrote: When I type ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 I get SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument 2.2.x (and later 2.1.x) kernels do not need route statements. Unless you have to set a gateway that is non-obvious.

Re: route: SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument

I assume you're running with a 2.2.x kernel? If so, you just need to add netmask ???.???.???.??? to the route add -net command. The 2.0.x kernel series would supply it's own default value if none was specifically given, but in 2.2.x that is no longer the case. Also, the kernel will now