topic Re: the command route...... in Operating System - HP-UX

the command route......

sandro ginnari_1 — Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:06:51 GMT

Hi,
I'm trying to insert a net in my routing table with the route command with the following sintax:
route add [NET IP][GATEWAY IP][SUBNET IP]
after this i type in "route -n" and I don't get any visible output.
I read the man page but it realy didn't (this is quite common:)).
thanks

Re: the command route......

Andrew Lartey — Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:47:46 GMT

Have you tried netstat -r and netstat -rn

Re: the command route......

Neil Moore — Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:09:36 GMT

you can echo $? after the command
1=Not done
0=Done

Also try calling route by its whole path just incase an alias it set up for it

Re: the command route......

Scott D. Allen — Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:00:16 GMT

I encountered this problem today also.

route in HP-UX is only used to add/remove routing table entries dynamically. I don't even believe that it CAN permanently add a routing entry to the routing table.

To answer your question.....use netstat -rn or netstat -r to display the routing information.

--Scott

Re: the command route......

Scott D. Allen — Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:02:05 GMT

Re: the command route......

Emmanuel Eyer — Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:24:01 GMT

To add temporary routes, use route add, and check with netstat -r[n] (since route does not complain upon errors!)

To add permanent static routes, edit /etc/rc.config.d/netconf. You will find comments explaining what to do exactly.

Good hint: NEVER forget to set HOP_COUNT to 1 (or whatever), since the default is 0 (thus making your route NOT to cross a router!)

Re: the command route......

Kishor Bagul — Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:57:36 GMT

I think in your syntax you don't have [destination IP], also if you want you can specifiy counts at the end after destination IP.