by This seemed to go away for a few months but just cropped up again
recently and has not gone away. The defunct routes keep collecting
packets until I reboot. Anyone have any clues?
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Killing in.routed has kept the default route from sticking around, but
I
still see defunct routes remaining...
vader:/etc#>netstat -nr
Routing Table:
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 2 lo0
208.59.205.129 -- UH 8 0
208.59.205.129 209.122.138.40 UH 8 0 le0
255.255.255.255 -- UH 8 0
255.255.255.255 209.122.138.40 UH 8 0 le0
208.59.205.255 -- UH 8 0
208.59.205.255 209.122.138.40 UH 8 0 le0
192.168.0.0 192.168.0.100 U 2 274 hme0
209.122.138.0 209.122.138.40 U 8 23 le0
default 209.122.138.1 UG 0 7873
Ernie
> the dynamic nature of my DHCP cable modem (yay...) I can't use that
> file, so I've just commented the portion out in /etc/rc2.d/S69inet for
> now.
> The routes look like this...
> vader:/var/named#>netstat -nr
> Routing Table:
> Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
> -------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 2 lo0
> 216.164.212.1 -- UH 5 0
> 255.255.255.255 -- UH 5 0
> 216.164.212.255 -- UH 5 0
> 192.168.0.0 192.168.0.100 U 2 292 hme0
> default -- U 5 3467 le0
> which DHCP then makes this once an address is discovered...
> vader:/var/named#>netstat -nr
> Routing Table:
> Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
> -------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 2 lo0
> 149.112.50.99 127.0.0.1 UGH 0 0
> 216.164.212.1 -- UH 10 0
> 216.164.212.1 149.112.50.99 UH 10 0 le0
> 255.255.255.255 -- UH 10 0
> 255.255.255.255 149.112.50.99 UH 10 0 le0
> 216.164.212.255 -- UH 10 0
> 216.164.212.255 149.112.50.99 UH 10 0 le0
> 149.112.50.64 149.112.50.99 U 10 1 le0
> 192.168.0.0 192.168.0.100 U 2 298 hme0
> default -- U 10 4417
> default 149.112.50.99 U 10 0 le0
> Ernie
> > > I'm seeing the problem described below. How do I get rid of the default
> > > routes that appear with "--" as the gateway in netstat? It's not an easy
> > > thing to look for in databases with the "--". =) Once the "--" appears, the
> > > system only uses that as the default route and never touches the real one.
> > > I'm using Solaris 2.5.1 and upgrading to a higher version of Solaris is not
> > > an option at this time, but I can patch if needed. This clears up on a
> > > reboot, but I would prefer to keep the box running.
> > I've never heard of such a problem... Hmm.
> > It sounds like you have in.routed running on the system, and it's
> > auto-discovering this problem route from a misconfigured router/switch. If you
> > don't have in.routed running, I'm totally stumped.
> > What does the routing table look like? Post the output of netstat -rn.
> > If you only have one "default" route, just put its IP in /etc/defaultrouter
> > and reboot. That will prevent in.routed from running.