SCO

Hi,

Just a question of thought. Why one needs to add static routes on Unix servers ? If I had ethernet card, it already has the settings for gateway for incoming and outgoing requests. We donot have to explicitly set the route it should take. Then what is the use of setting routes on Unix server ?

regards,


J

Depending on what ip address (subnet) the machine is trying to communicate with, it will select a route. Setting up static routes enables different routes to different subnets.

Who told it's mandatory to add static routes on UNIX servers? If you have a router in place, just make an entry for default gateway (IP of the Router's interface connected to the server) on the UNIX server and that's it. Your router should be able to route the packets to and from the UNIX server. In case if you do not have a dedicated router and your network is small enough (why would anyone need multiple subnets in that case!!), you may enable static routes in your UNIX server.

I agree with admin_xor and although it has been a few years since I was heavily involved in SCO, I remember being able to add multiple static routes; very handy with multiple network cards installed connecting to different subnets. I think SCO is a little different when compared to "standard unix" in this respect.