On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 04:31:11PM -0700, Al Sparks wrote: > $ route -n > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 10.7.13.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 10.254.214.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 > 0.0.0.0 10.7.13.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > # route del -net 10.254.214.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > I lose connectivity with the nodes on the LAN. When I do an Of course you do. That entry you removed was saying "to reach the 10.254.214.0/255.255.255.0 network send traffic out of eth1". It is _not_ saying "to reach the rest of the world..."; the last line does that. > I guess it's not a big deal. If it works don't fix it. But I'm still curious. > Any ideas? It works as designed. You just misunderstood what it meant. -- rgds Stephen