Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:38:14 +0100 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: howto disable auto route setup? |
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Hello,
> I regularly have both a token ring connection between two machines, > besides the ethernet connection. I get bothered by the kernel defining > routes that I don't need. My "subnet" is on the ethernet, there is > usually just one other machine on the token ring interface. I have to > remember adding "netmask 255.255.255.255" on the ifconfig line every > time I up the token ring interface.... (which without the netmask > specification could easily be done by hand, but now requires a small > script)
You need to specify the netmask anyway. Setting an address without a netmask and relying on ifconfig guessing the correct netmask is not the right way to go.
Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth "#define QUESTION ((bb) || !(bb))" -- Shakespeare
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