netmask doesn't make sense

ioncristi · 01-13-2006, 06:21 PM

I am in a LAN :
the network administrator gave this settings:
my IP: 86.55.180.97
gateway:86.55.180.100
netmask:255.255.254.0

I use Slackware 10 with 2.6.15 Kernel.
All went well until 2 days ago when suddenly the internet was down.

when I type route I get this:
Destination Gateway Source Mask
86.55.180.0 86.55.180.100 255.255.254.0

why did the destination IP changed?

and why can't I delete this entry ?
I've tried to put this
route -net add 86.55.180.97 gw 86.55.180.100 netmask 255.255.254.0 dev eth0

but it doesn't work

XavierP · 01-14-2006, 11:23 AM

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