Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Pre-release 2.0.5 breaks network config scripts | Date | Tue, 21 May 1996 10:12:19 -0400 | From | Drew Sullivan <> |
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> > Can we at least put a patch into route to strip the host portion. This is > > the way I use route. I want say: route the net for which this host > > address is valid. In this way, a simple shell scripts can say: > > > > echo -n "Enter IP" > > read ip > > ifconfig eth0 $ip > > route add -net $ip > > how about this patch: > > - route add -net $ip > + route add -host $ip
You didn't read what I wrote. I want to route the network for which this host's ip address is valid. Routing only host doesn't do anything usefull. Ie if the ip address is 204.225.106.6, then I want to route the network 204.225.106.0. To change the '.6' to a '.0' in scripts is a pain.
The route command know the default netmask, all I want it to do is 'and' it with the ip address. This used to work, and it breaks lots of working configs. This is going to cause untold pain.
-- Drew Sullivan, <drew@ss.org> -- Toronto, Canada, +1-416-225-1592 "Intel Inside" isn't advertising. It's a warning!
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