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Does anyone know how I can specify a netmask when adding a route to a
remote network ?

I noticed there is no -netmask option in the 'route add' command in
SunOS 4 or 5. This does exist e.g. on IRIX.

Also, the netstat -rn doesn't show the netmask associated with a certain
route. How can I see it ?

Is it just the commands route and netstat that don't support this or is
there no explicit netmask stored in SunOS's routing table ?

Thanks.

Wim Livens,

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Quote:>Also, the netstat -rn doesn't show the netmask associated with a certain
>route. How can I see it ?

Quote:>Is it just the commands route and netstat that don't support this or is
>there no explicit netmask stored in SunOS's routing table ?

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>There's no netmask in Sun's routing table; it still implements classful
>routing.

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|   > There's no netmask in Sun's routing table; it still implements classful
|   > routing.
|  
|   The /etc/netmask file is used to set the netmasks.

The point was that SunOS 4.1.x, and Solaris up to and including 2.5.1,
doesn't have a netmask per routing table entry. The fact that the
/etc/netmask file is used to set the netmasks isn't particularly
relevant.