Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 14:52:19 -0300 From: Alexandre Biancalana <ale@seudns.net> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't delete route Message-ID: <446CB453.4000707@seudns.net> In-Reply-To: <200605181615.k4IGFr1h020752@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200605181615.k4IGFr1h020752@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: > Alexandre Biancalana <ale@seudns.net> wrote: > > Today I had to add a new route in the company gateway. So I ran the > > command: > > > > # route add 128.110.0.0 255.255.0.0 10.0.0.17 > > add net 128.110.0.0: gateway 255.255.0.0 > > You used the wrong syntax. Correct syntax is: > # route add -net <destination> <gateway> [<netmask>] > > So what your command actually did was to add 255.255.0.0 > as a gateway for 128.110.0.0 (with an illegal netmask of > 10.0.0.17). You certainly didn't want that, but the > route command did exactly what you told it to do. ;-) > Ok ! Right ! My fault ! In the running of make the new configuration I typed the command in wrong order.... :-( > > Running netstat -nr I get the following: > > > > 0&0xa000011 255.255.0.0 UGSc 15 332 fxp0 => > > > > this is incorrect, the interface should be fxp1 not fxp0 (that is the > > default interface). > > That's expected. 255.255.0.0 is probably on your default > route, so it'll be routed to fxp0. > > > And Why the destination network is 0&0xa000011 and > > not 128.110.0.0 > > You specified 10.0.0.17 as the netmask, which is 0xa000011 > in hexadecimal. When you perform a bitwise-and operation > between your destination (128.110.0.0) and your netmask > (10.0.0.17), you get zero. That's why netstat(1) displays > "0". It also displays the netmask, usually CIDR notation > if possible (i.e. "/x"), but that's not possible with your > weird netmask, so it just displays "&" followed by the mask > in hex. > Have some way to remove this stupid route without flushing the routing table ??? This machine is main gateway of the company and I can't do a route flush now, but I need to have this new route working... # route delete -net 128.110.0.0 route: writing to routing socket: No such process delete net 128.110.0.0: not in table > Best regards > Oliver > > Thank you for ALL the replies, all of then was great !! Alexandre
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