[Q]Routing table problem.

From: <mortimer_at_physics.uq.oz.au>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 97 12:43:08 +1000

Hi DU Admins

We were forced recently to switch to static routing tables.
Now when I boot my DEC 3000-M400 running OSF1 3.2 I get these
messages (from /sbin/init.d/route start) on the console :

   add net default: gateway 130.102.120.30
   writing to routing socket: File exists
   add net 130.102.120.0: gateway 130.102.120.147: ioctl returns 17
   File exists
   add net 130.102.136.0: gateway 130.102.120.50: ioctl returns 17
   File exists
   add net 130.102.172.0: gateway 130.102.120.133: ioctl returns 17
   File exists

(BTW I discovered that "ioctl returns 17" just means "File exists".)

/etc/routes looks like:

   default 130.102.120.30 -hopcount 1
   -net 130.102.120.0 130.102.120.147
   -net 130.102.136.0 130.102.120.50 -hopcount 1
   -net 130.102.172.0 130.102.120.133 -hopcount 1

netstat -rn shows:

   Routing tables
   Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface
   Netmasks:
   Inet 255.255.255.0

   Route Tree for Protocol Family 2:
   default 130.102.120.30 UG 0 82 ln0
   127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 4 6384 lo0
   130.102.120 130.102.120.147 U 22 20228 ln0
   130.102.136 130.102.120.50 UG 0 0 ln0
   130.102.172 130.102.120.133 UG 0 0 ln0

So everything looks okay and the network seems to be working perfectly.

Can anyone tell me what those error messages are about? Should I be
worried by them?

Thanks
Ian

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Received on Thu Feb 13 1997 - 03:53:33 NZDT

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