[techtalk] Netstat weirdness

[stephanie1200 at netscape.net]

I might be talking under your level, but yeah, you can do something like 

route add default gw xxx.xx.xxx.xxx
or
route add <destination> <thing to o through> (<number of hops>)
or 
route delete <destination> <thing to o through> <number of hops>

as i said, i'm not real swift at this stuff but it's a big rush when it actually works.  hope this helps...

"C. M. Martin" <caitlyn at netferrets.net> wrote:
>
> Hi, Stephanie, and everyone else,
> 
> > But can't the routing table hold not necessarily the machine itself, but a router the machine knows about?
> 
> Oh, absolutely.  Specific host routes shouldn't be necessary, though I've tried
> them just in case.  The .56 is not a valid address on our network, though,
> which is what raised the red flag.
> 
> I agree that it sounds like the firewall is not routing the packets through. 
> This could either be a routing issue or a firewall issue.  I'm beginning to
> wonder if I've left something out in ipchains that allows ipportfw to work
> properly.
> 
> > but also, in answer to your question about how netstat gets out of sync with
> > ifconfig, you can set stuff up explicitly with the "route" command. 
> 
> Can you change the default routes that the OS sets up by itself that way???? 
> Hmm... if so, that is way dangerous, but maybe worth a try.
> 
> Regards,
> Caity
> 

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