Can ping default gateway but cant add the route (network unreachable)

[EU-Admins-UNIX]

Hi

I'm trying to add route as below:

# route add default 172.20.0.250
add net default: gateway 172.20.0.250: Network is unreachable
#

However I can ping it:

# ping 172.20.0.250
PING 172.20.0.250: 64 byte packets
64 bytes from 172.20.0.250: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 172.20.0.250: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 172.20.0.250: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 172.20.0.250: icmp_seq=3. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 172.20.0.250: icmp_seq=4. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 172.20.0.250: icmp_seq=5. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 172.20.0.250: icmp_seq=6. time=0. ms

Routing table is as follows:

# netstat -rn
Routing tables
Destination           Gateway            Flags Refs Interface  Pmtu
127.0.0.1             127.0.0.1          UH    0    lo0       32808
172.20.0.12           172.20.0.12        UH    0    lan0      32808
172.20.0.0            172.20.0.12        U     2    lan0       1500
127.0.0.0             127.0.0.1          U     0    lo0       32808

I'm confused.  Why can't i add the route as above and be told the netowrk is unreachable??

Regards

Tariq

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

You need a '1' at the end of the command:

# route add default 172.20.0.250 1

The 1 is the number of hops to the router.

See the 'count' section of man page for route (man route) .