[techtalk] can't add default route.

[Kristin Ziel]

Eric--

Yeah, I tried that too...just in case, because I know that I had it in my
hosts table before I had to do the reinstall.  It didn't help at all.  But
thanks for the pointer!

Kristin


> I haven't been following this thread, but I think you need to first add
> your gateway as a host in your routing table before the route command will
> allow you add it as the default route. I'm not on a Linux box right now,
> so I can't try it. I'll give it a try when I get home tonight.
> 
> Eric
> 
> BTW, this behavior may have been "fixed" in more recent versions of route.
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