re: 2.1.16 routing

Ian Bonnycastle (ibonny@greywolf.mail.net)
Thu, 19 Dec 1996 12:22:55 -0500


Ok.. I have been reading some of the documentation on the new routing
protocol and formats. But, I am running into a few *weird* errors. One is
this:

% sudo /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo
SIOCADDRT: File exists

(This is per the documentation)

This is after I tried to add the route again since it did not appear in
the routing table the first time I added it.

The other is with:

sendto: Bad address
1 traceroute: wrote 129.16.117.12 40 chars, ret=-1

I get this when I traceroute to *anywhere*.

Lastly, also with route, I get:

% sudo route del 142.77.254.0
SIOCDELRT: Invalid argument

I get this when I try to delete *any* route.

Now does this mean that my traceroute/route programs are out of date, or
that they are to be used differently? I am completely confused, and I find
no documentation on route/traceroute updates/new usage commands. Can someone
help me out?

Ian