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From: jas@MONK.PROTEON.COM (John A. Shriver)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: question about /etc/route
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Date: 5 Feb 88 15:54:12 GMT
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Classically, /etc/route (in most implmentations I have dealt with)
discerns the difference between hosts and routes not on the basis of
address, but on the basis of whether the NAME you give is in the file
/etc/networks.  This is a rather tricky little gotcha, and barely
documented.

This may not be the case anymore in SunOS 3.3.  (It certainly caught
be with WIN/VX 2.3.)  Also, I beleive Sun has noted problems with
subnet routes with /etc/routed in 3.3, as noted in the Sun Technical
Bulletin.  There may be a patch tape, or it may be fixed in a higher
release.