Hello all, I have been configuring a linux box to function as a router, ran into some problems, and think that I traced the problem to a faulty routing table. So I brought down all my interfaces and routing table ( except lo ) and attempted to add them manually.
I was able to add an interface manually, assigning my eth0 device the IP addr 192.168.1.2. ifconfig verifys that this if is good to go. However, I found that I was unable to give a simple "route" command, for example: route add 192.168.1.2 gives the response: SIOCADDRT: No such device the man page for route implies that you can specify the device in the route command also: route add 192.168.1.2 dev eth0 Still no good. Various stabs at syntax based on the route man page also yield nothing I have also found that after issuing the ifconfig command, the routing table is automatically updated with an entry for a route to that network: Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric REf Use Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 Though this seems sloppy- note that Flags column lacks an "N" for Network. This is undocumented behavior, as everywhere I have looked it has been implied that one has to bring up an interface and also independently establish the route to it. I would like to be able to add a route to the host itself, indicating that it is its own gateway ( I believe this is the root of my router problem- no pun intended . Can someone verify this?) Of course, Thanks in advance, Jim - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
