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Subject: Re: route add problem with 2.1 release?
To: ROBIN@ptnsct.nis.za (Robin Hunt)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 01:26:44 -0800 (PST)
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In-Reply-To: <950118094641.373d@ptnsct.nis.za> from "Robin Hunt" at Jan 18, 95 09:46:41 am
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> Hi,

> I was using 2.0-RELEASE FreeBSD (and how well it works, I might add!), then
> upgraded to 2.1. Since then, I can access machines on our local net but
> not beyond our gateway machine, reason being 

> route add <address>

> gives the following error:

> writing to routing socket: Protocol not supported
> add net default: gateway nis03: Protocol not supported

Did you recompile your kernel after installing the binaries?  I got
this too, it went away with the installation of a new kernel.