Using the command
route add default 129.174.206.1 1
fixes the output for the netstat -rn and fixes the ability to find the DNS and other machines.
Unfortunately, upon reboot this is lost and it does not work properly.
Here are the contents of my netconf file
# netconf: configuration values for core networking subsystems
#
# @(#) $Revision: 1.6.119.6 $ $Date: 97/09/10 15:56:01 $
#
# HOSTNAME: Name of your system for uname -S and hostname
#
# OPERATING_SYSTEM: Name of operating system returned by uname -s
# ---- DO NOT CHANGE THIS VALUE ----
#
# LOOPBACK_ADDRESS: Loopback address
# ---- DO NOT CHANGE THIS VALUE ----
#
# IMPORTANT: for 9.x-to-10.0 transition, do not put blank lines between
# the next set of statements
HOSTNAME="bern.binf.gmu.edu"
OPERATING_SYSTEM=HP-UX
LOOPBACK_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1
# Internet configuration parameters. See ifconfig(1m), autopush(1m)
#
# INTERFACE_NAME: Network interface name (see lanscan(1m))
#
# IP_ADDRESS: Hostname (in /etc/hosts) or IP address in decimal-dot
# notation (e.g., 192.1.2.3)
#
# SUBNET_MASK: Subnetwork mask in decimal-dot notation, if different
# from default
#
# BROADCAST_ADDRESS: Broadcast address in decimal-dot notation, if
# different from default
#
# INTERFACE_STATE: Desired interface state at boot time.
# either up or down, default is up.
#
# DHCP_ENABLE Determines whether or not DHCP client functionality
# will be enabled on the network interface (see
# auto_parms(1M), dhcpclient(1M)). DHCP clients get
# their IP address assignments from DHCP servers.
# 1 enables DHCP client functionality; 0 disables it.
#
# For each additional network interfaces, add a set of variable assignments
# like the ones below, changing the index to "[1]", "[2]" et cetera.
#
# IMPORTANT: for 9.x-to-10.0 transition, do not put blank lines between
# the next set of statements
INTERFACE_NAME[0]="lan0"
IP_ADDRESS[0]="129.174.206.143"
SUBNET_MASK[0]="255.255.255.0"
BROADCAST_ADDRESS[0]=""
INTERFACE_STATE[0]=""
LANCONFIG_ARGS[0]="ether"
DHCP_ENABLE[0]=0
# Internet routing configuration. See route(1m), routing(7)
#
# ROUTE_DESTINATION: Destination hostname (in /etc/hosts) or host or network
# IP address in decimal-dot notation, preceded by the word
# "host" or "net"; or simply the word "default".
#
# ROUTE_MASK: Subnetwork mask in decimal-dot notation, or C language
# hexadecimal notation. This is an optional field.
# A IP address, subnet mask pair uniquely identifies
# a subnet to be reached. If a subnet mask is not given,
# then the system will assign the longest subnet mask
# of the configured network interfaces to this route.
# If there is no matching subnet mask, then the system
# will assign the default network mask as the route's
# subnet mask.
#
# ROUTE_GATEWAY: Gateway hostname (in /etc/hosts) or IP address in
# decimal-dot notation. If local interface, must use the
# same form as used for IP_ADDRESS above (hostname or
# decimal-dot notation). If loopback interface, i.e.,
# 127.0.0.1, the ROUTE_COUNT must be set to zero.
#
# ROUTE_COUNT: An integer that indicates whether the gateway is a
# remote interface (one) or the local interface (zero)
# or loopback interface (e.g., 127.*).
#
# ROUTE_ARGS: Route command arguments and options. This variable
# may contain a combination of the following arguments:
# "-f", "-n" and "-p pmtu".
#
# For each additional route, add a set of variable assignments like the ones
# below, changing the index to "[1]", "[2]" et cetera.
#
# IMPORTANT: for 9.x-to-10.0 transition, do not put blank lines between
# the next set of statements
# ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]=default
# ROUTE_MASK[0]=""
# ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]="129.174.206.1"
# ROUTE_COUNT[0]="1"
# ROUTE_ARGS[0]=""
# Dynamic routing daemon configuration. See gated(1m)
#
# GATED: Set to 1 to start gated daemon.
# GATED_ARGS: Arguments to the gated daemon.
GATED=0
GATED_ARGS=""
#
# Router Discover Protocol daemon configuration. See rdpd(1m)
#
# RDPD: Set to 1 to start rdpd daemon
#
RDPD=0
#
# Reverse ARP daemon configuration. See rarpd(1m)
#
# RARP: Set to 1 to start rarpd daemon
#
RARP=0
