network query; route command

[Paul Howarth]

Shelagh Manton wrote:
> Hello,
> I've been reading up on networks and comparing what the NAG from TDLP has to 
> say and what my computer settings look like. Um... I did find a few 
> differences (problems?). I will be upgrading to ADSL sometime soon and wanted 
> to be more prepared as my ISP don't know nothing about Linux. 
> 
> One thing which worries me is when I ask the route command to add or del a 
> network or IP address I get this message. 
> 
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument
> 
> or SIOCDELRT: No such process
> 
> When I ask it for information "route -e" I get back a table which includes an 
> IP address I did not give it, and is not from My ISP. And of course I can't 
> delete it using the "route del 163.254.0.0" command

Are you sure it's not "169.254.0.0" rather than "163.254.0.0"?

What's the output of "netstat -rn" and what are the routes you want to 
add/remove?

Paul.