route command syntax?

[VINCENT SPURGEON]

Using 11.0 and when trying to use the netmask option I get an error...
# route add 192.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 208.xxx.xxx.xxx 1
netmask: bad value

Is that the correct syntax? The man page doesn't help.

[Ovidiu D. Raita · Accepted solution]

What if you live the mask and type only:

route add 192.xxx.xxx.xxx 208.xxx.xxx.xxx 1 ?

This netmask should default to 255.255.255.0.

If the 192.xxx.xxx.xxx is a subnetwork address, let's say 192.138.148.64 then you would have to add the keyword net:

roeute add net 192.138.148.64 netmask 255.255.255.xxx 208.xxx.xxx.xxx 1.

Ovidiu

[VINCENT SPURGEON]

DOH.

Thanks!