LARTC - Sep 2007 - iproute: add destination route by hostname...

Hi all

How to add a static route to a hostname with iproute2?

I tried:
ip route add linux.com via 192.168.1.1

I got the following reply:
Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than "linux.com".

With "route command" I do not have problems
 route add -host linux.com gw 200.214.148.140

As the iproute2 is the standard in the current linus distros, I would like
to know if is possible to use the same resource ...

Regards From Brasil


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Greetings Hever,

 : How to add a static route to a hostname with iproute2?
 : 
 : I tried:
 : ip route add linux.com via 192.168.1.1
 : 
 : I got the following reply:
 : Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than "linux.com".
 : 
 : With "route command" I do not have problems
 :  route add -host linux.com gw 200.214.148.140
 : 
 : As the iproute2 is the standard in the current linus distros, I 
 : would like to know if is possible to use the same resource ...

The iproute2 package does not understand names.  If you wish to 
use the iproute2 tools, use the following:

  ip route add 66.35.250.176 via 192.168.1.1

Some regard iproute''s behaviour a misfeature.
Some regard route''s behaviour a misfeature.

- -Martin

- -- 
Martin A. Brown
http://linux-ip.net/
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