configuring routing....??

[sandro ginnari_1]

Hi,
Routing. Thats the problem!
In the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file I find these lines:

ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]=X.Y.Z.B
ROUTE_MASK[0]=C.C.C.M
ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]=F.Y.R.E
ROUTE_COUNT[0]=1
OUTE_ARGS[0]=""
HOP_COUNT=1

Now if I want to add another STATIC route to my routing table, I guess I'll have to add the same lines with different paramiters.
The question is:
when I type netstat -rn the static routes I added do not appear, why?
How do I configure the gated.conf file and is it normal that it is located in /user/newconfig/etc/gated.conf?
Are there any other files I have to configure so that my routing works?
Dose netstat -rn show only the static routes?

Thanks!
By

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

After you modify your /etc/rc.config.d/netconf, did you do a "/sbin/init.d/net stop;/sbin/init.d/net start" or reboot the system so that your changes can take effect?

Regards.

Steven Sim.

[sandro ginnari_1]

I forgot to say that I rebooted the system!
thanks

[John Palmer]

Don't forget to increment the shell array subscript for your additional static route definitions in netconf. For example:-
ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]=X.Y.Z.B
ROUTE_MASK[0]=C.C.C.M
...
ROUTE_DESTINATION[1]=X.Y.Z.C
ROUTE_MASK[1]=C.C.C.M
...
ROUTE_DESTINATION[2]=X.Y.Z.D
ROUTE_MASK[2]=C.C.C.M
etc.

[Berlene Herren]

Why is there a "HOP_COUNT"=1? The ROUTE_COUNT=1 indicated that you are using an external router. If =0, then you are using this box as it's own router. I don't recall ever seeing a "HOP_COUNT."

Berlene

[Alan Riggs]

If gated is running, it could be overriding your static routes (removing them). Check to see whether the demon is running, decide whther you really need it, if so -- modify gated.conf to recognize the static routes.