netstat -r

Tim Deeves tdeeves at convex1.tcs.tulane.edu
Tue Jan 15 16:00:12 AEST 1991


In article <PANNAIYA.91Jan14185127 at aigyptos.nmsu.edu> pannaiya at nmsu.edu (Pradeepkumar Annaiyappa) writes:
>We have just received an RS/6000 320 and are trying to put
>it on the network.  I am having trouble getting tcp/ip and
>nis going.  In particular if I do netstat -r the command
>hangs.  I am unable to set any static routing using smit.
>
By default, netstat attempts to display network addresses symbolically.
If you're having network problems to begin with and netstat tries to
use a nameserver on another system to resolve addresses to names,
this could cause netstat to hang.  Use "netstat -nr" to avoid the problem.

Tim Deeves
Computing Services
Tulane University
(504) 865-5631



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