Re: ADDTCPRTE question

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't believe so...

SUBNETMASK(*HOST) is the same as '255.255.255.255'

You want ('255.255.255.0')

Charles

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Steinmetz, Paul <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I need to add static routes for entire range for VPN access.
> Initially, I thought I would need an entry for each IP.
> But if the 4th byte is a 0, this will give the entire range.
> This can be accomplished with one static route.
> Is this correct?
>
>  ADDTCPRTE RTEDEST('9.5.11.0') SUBNETMASK(*HOST) NEXTHOP('a.b.c.d')
> BINDIFC('x.w.y.z') TEXT('VPN for range .1 thru .254').
>
> For an IPv4 route, you must specify all 4 bytes that make up an
> internet address though some of the bytes may be equal to 0.  For
> example, a route to all the hosts on the 9.5.11 subnetwork is
> identified by entering 9.5.11.0 for the route destination.  Used in
> combination with a subnetmask, type of service value, and next hop,
> the route destination uniquely identifies a route to a network or
> system.
>
>  Thank You
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