Paul Howarth wrote: > Shelagh Manton wrote: >> Hello, >> I've been reading up on networks and comparing what the NAG from TDLP has >> to say and what my computer settings look like. Um... I did find a few >> differences (problems?). I will be upgrading to ADSL sometime soon and >> wanted to be more prepared as my ISP don't know nothing about Linux. >> >> One thing which worries me is when I ask the route command to add or del >> a network or IP address I get this message. >> >> SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument >> >> or SIOCDELRT: No such process >> >> When I ask it for information "route -e" I get back a table which >> includes an IP address I did not give it, and is not from My ISP. And of >> course I can't delete it using the "route del 163.254.0.0" command > > Are you sure it's not "169.254.0.0" rather than "163.254.0.0"? > > What's the output of "netstat -rn" and what are the routes you want to > add/remove? > > Paul. > Yes, when I look more carefully, that is the very IP address. I wanted to follow the instructions of the NAG where it says to add the 127.0.0.1 lo address with the route add command. The address it shows at present is 127.0.0.0 which is the lo network, and does not have 127.0.0.1 at all. Is this a problem? [shelagh@pandorasbox shelagh]$ netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 220.244.163.3 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.32.0 192.168.32.3 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.32.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 220.244.163.3 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 What I'm eventually hoping to achieve is understanding of NAT so that my 2 sons machines can access the internet through my internet connected computer. But, just one slow step at a time, otherwise my brain might explode. Shelagh
