Add static route in HPUX11

[Dummy_Guy]

Hi all,

I try to add a static route in routing table. This is what I get:
:/data5/png_live #route add net 10.73.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 10.73.2.249
add net 10.73.0.0: gateway 10.73.2.249: Network is unreachable

What did I done wrong?
Both 10.73.0.0 and 10.73.2.249 are able to ping.

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi,

You need to specified whether the gateway is remote system or local system.

Check the document (docID : 3100418195) about 'Sys Adm: Adding static routes to the network' :

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000080079807

Here are examples of route add:

- Route to a subnet/network with the netmask specified, and the
gateway is a remote host:

% route add net 1.2.3.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 1.2.4.11 1

- Route to a subnet/network with the netmask specified, and the
gateway is the localhost itself:

% route add net 1.2.3.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 1.2.4.14 0

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
AW

[Hanwant Verma_1]

Try this command

#route -p add 10.73.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.73.2.249

whats the result?

Hanwant

[Denver Osborn]

looks like you missed count w/ the route add syntax... default is 0 for local and I'm assuming the g/w is remote.

route add net 10.73.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 10.73.2.249 1

If you want this to survive a boot, add it to the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file, then run '/sbin/init.d/net start' followed by 'netstat -rn' to see that the new route was added.

hope this helps,
-denver

[Bharat Katkar]

Hi,

Usage of route add is as:
usage: add destination [netmask mask] gateway [metric]

In your case this should work:

# route add net 10.73.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 10.73.2.249 1

Assuming your gateway is 1 hop count from your network and gateway ip is 10.73.2.249

Hope that helps.

Regards,

[Ivan Ferreira]

It seems that the 10.73.2.249 system is not on the same subnet, that's why you have "gateway 10.73.2.249: Network is unreachable". Verify your netmasks settings.

[Ranjith_5 · Accepted solution]

Hi

Add a sequence number to your "route add net" command.


Example:-
--------------
#route add net 155.90.211.128 netmask 255.255.255.192 155.90.117.142 1

edit /etc/rc.config.d/netconf and add the following to make the changes permenent.

ROUTE_DESTINATION[1]="IP"
ROUTE_MASK[1]="NETMASK"
ROUTE_GATEWAY[1]="IP"
ROUTE_COUNT[1]="1"
ROUTE_ARGS[1]=""


restart network services.

#/sbin/init.d/net stop
#/sbin/init.d/net start


Change the IP addresses according to your setup.

Regards,
Syam

[Dummy_Guy]

Thank you all,

The commend:
route add net 10.73.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 10.73.2.249 1

Works...

I will add this in my static table /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

You guys are great!!

John