Re: Class B, Name lookups? BUG?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 22 Jun 1996 15:04:31 +0100 (BST)


> # netstat -rn
> Kernel routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 10.2.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 5 eth0

Why do you have ^^^^^^^^^^ this extra route ?

> I believe that it's a bug, but I hope I've made a mistake. But the fact
> is, this works on the Sparcs and the Mac's and the Windows's.
> I wonder if there really is anyone else using a Class B with
> their router masked on a C. To repeat, my problem is not routing

You've made a mistake I think. I have subnetted class B and real class B
sites I can directly access and test from. They all seem to be working
just hunky dory.