[Novalug] Aaarrrghghgh! : ifconfig (was networking...)

greg pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Thu Nov 24 22:24:33 EST 2016


If there are multiple routes (netstat -rn), then you need to give enough
info so the right route is removed

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016, 10:19 PM Walt Smith via Novalug <
novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

>
> below:
>
> -------prior:
>
> ip route del Just Works.  The old way never did seem to work.
>
> Plus you can script easier with the new ip <command> syntax than with the
> old ways.
>
> I hate change for the sake of change, but sometimes it really is useful
> because things really did need fixing.
>
> William Sutton
>
> -------------------
>
> and I thought I was doing something wrong....
> err..... welll......
> In the hundreds ( thousands )
> of networking tries using ifconfig and route the last 2 weeks
> ( and years before ), I regularly ran into trying to
> delete some route, and the darn thing just wouldn't go away..
> ( the majority of the times my changes or additions didn't
> work either... so I clearly don't know what the f--- is going on !! )
>
> I'm not sure as I didn't try to "prove" it, but taking the
> interface down first may have worked....   but I DID run into
> the problem of a route Not Going Away !!!  Drove me batty...
>
> Will try ip next time-- if I get there ..
>
> Walt .....
>
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