On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 06:33:06PM +0000, Andrew Beverley wrote: > On Fri, 2012-11-16 at 14:05 +0530, PRA wrote: > > I did the follwing > > > > > > route add -host <targetip> eth0 > > Please don't top-post. > > > This should work right? > > Not if you only want to do it for SSH traffic. I'll add to Andy's comment that you (any Linux user) should stop using and unlearn the old nettools (ifconfig(8), route(8)), and start using and learning iproute2 (ip(8).) The appeal of nettools is that they're similar across other Unix implementations, but the drawback is that they are buggy, not in active development, and unsupported. -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe lartc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html