Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:46:14 -0800 (PST) | From | David <> | Subject | Re: howto disable auto route setup? |
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, David Woodhouse wrote: > Yet this is what the kernel does. What possible justification can there be for > the automatic creation of the route which I delete in the second line of this > script? ... > > /sbin/ifconfig ippp0 158.152.16.50 pointopoint 158.152.1.222 -arp -broadcast up > /sbin/route del -net 158.152.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev ippp0 > /sbin/route add 158.152.1.222 ippp0 > /sbin/route add default gw 158.152.1.222
The justification is that you didn't put a netmask on there.
specify a netmask of 255.255.255.255 and the /16 route won't be added, the /32 route will thus negating the need to remove the route and add a new one.
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