Hi Elan and all,
I'm in the process of installing a lan based on SuSE Linux 6.2. I'm using one of the computers as a gateway to the Internet on a dialup connection.
When I start up a client machine on the network I get the boot time error message: Error while executing: /sbin/rout add -net 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 route: netask doesn't match rout address Failed services in runlevel 2: route
OK, I'm not sure what you're trying to do here. For a start, like it says, the netmask doesn't match the route address. The route command you have given has the -net flag, and the right netmask for a network, but the IP address given is that of a specific computer. If you really want this route command to point at the computer 192.168.0.1 then issue this command: /sbin/route add -host 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 eth0 If this command was trying to point to network (most likely), then replace the 1 at the end of the IP address with a 0 to give: /sbin/route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0 Finally, if the computer 192.168.0.1 is the gateway, then the command you want is: route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0 I'm afraid that's all the help I can give without knowing more about what you are trying to do with that command. Hope that helps, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/