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From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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To: Robert Du Gaue <rdugaue@calweb.com>
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Subject: route question
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<<On Sun, 17 Mar 1996 15:18:14 -0800 (PST), Robert Du Gaue <rdugaue@calweb.com> said:

> If that gets deleted is there a way to had it? I've tried

> route add -net 165.90.138.0 link#1 1 -netmask 255.255.255.0

> but it doesn't work, doesn't like link#1 as an argument. I've also tried 
> giving the gateway as the NIC IP address on that machine and that doesn't 
> work either.

You need to say:

route add -net xx.xx.xx.xx -iface -link name-of-interface

e.g.,

route add -net 18.26.1.0 -netmask 255.255.255.0 -iface -link ed0

...for a machine on my desk.

-GAWollman

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