[plug] Adding a permanent route on a RH5.2 box

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Michael Hunt wrote:

> Ok. So if the command is:
> 
> route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0
> 
> then the command to go in would be:
> 
> eth0 host 255.255.255.255 ? (Doesn't seem to work)

Yup thats all correct ....  I treid it here and it works.
> 
> If you want to know why I am having to add such a strange address its
> because MS clients won't work (get IP addresses under DHCP) without this
> broadcast address being set.
> 
> >
> > once you have edited the file try:
> >
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/network retstart; route

... You can test the script (without loseing your PPP link) with

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-routes eth0 ; route
... This will tell you if you have the correct file setup etc .... If this
works and .../network restart then we need to look at you entire network setup
:(

> > If your route is there then you've done it right.
> 
> I did this across a PPP connection an didn't really consider what I was
> doing until after I issued the command !!!! 

:( ... Sorry ...

Yours Tony.