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Need to delete a host route from Linux

In my route list I have a route showing:

destination Subnet GW Flags
10.1.48.196 255.255.255.255 - !H

No matter what I do, I cannot delete this route. I have tried statements with syntax that allows me to remove other routes from this box, but this one gives me the same type of reply everytime I try to delete it.

*No such process*
or
*No such host*
or
*netmask 00000000 doesn't make sense with host route*

I think I have tried just about everything. This route is preventing the connection of two computers on different networks. I need to get rid of it. Please help!

pjedmond

This is a *really* irritating problem with the route command - you must use exactly the same syntax for deleting a route as when you created it:

route add -net 192.56.76.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0

can only be deleted by:

route del -net 192.56.76.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0

route add -net 192.56.76.0 netmask 255.255.255.0

will not work:( Also if you have defined a gw, then you must include that.

Therefore, my suggestion to deal with this is:

route print

and then route del including *ALL* the parameters:)

Hope that helps:)

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Nick Accad

try

route delete -host 10.1.48.196
route delete -host 10.1.48.196/32
route delete -host 10.1.48.196 netmask 255.255.255.255

try them with and without the -host option

(btw, route print is not valid, route print works on windows
systems)

nick

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