From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 31 05:42:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA13699 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 05:42:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA13676 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 05:41:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id PAA27269 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:39:25 +0200 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA01827; 31 Mar 98 15:38:37 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 31 Mar 98 06:45:58 +0100 Subject: Re: route add default with name hangs, with ip doesn't Message-ID: Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 31 Mar 98 00:35:07 Doug White wrote regarding Re: route add default with name hangs, with ip doesn't DW>> >> If I do DW>> >> # route add default arnold DW>> >> it hangs. DW>> DW>> DW> Does your system know who `arnold' is? DW>> DW>> Yep. I can do "ping arnold", and it replies DW> "arnold.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk DW>> (192.168.0.11)" DW> DW> Try specifying the IP address instead of the name. Not to sound ungrateful, but I believe I told all the above in the original message: I can ping by name to arnold: # ping arnold I can add route by ip-adress: # route add default 192.168.0.11 But I can't add route by name: # route add default arnold Don't ping and route resolve names the same way? Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message