Btw.... I am also running as root...
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>> Can someone help me out on this....
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>> After using ifconfig... When I try to add a route, say...
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>> route add 127.0.0.1
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>why would you like to do this? in redhat and other 2.2 based
>kernels this route is automatically added. with a slight modification:
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>route add -host 127.0.0.1
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>but the one you typed above should do fine too.
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>> It terminates like this: SIOCADDRT : No such device.
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>this usually means one of too things. either your device is not
>installed...which is very unlikely because loopback support is usually
>enables. the only other reason and the most possible reason is that you do
>not have permissions to run route. are you root?
>
>> Why is it so? Is it because of my network card? What does SIOCADDRT means?, I can't
>seem to find
>> this macro on the docs'... pls. help....
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>your network card is usually assigned a ethX interface address. to add a
>sample route to a 192.168.0.0/24 network.
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>route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
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>however, i will say it again that if you network card was autodetected
>upon bootup then this interface and its routes are automatically added.
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>to check if you NIC was detected do a
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>ifconfig
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>good luck and merry christmas.
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