I don't understand why host entries are allowed in the routing table. Since all addresses belong to a certain network they should be routed through any of the entries for networks. Inserting a host in the routing table means having a host not belonging to the network it is phisically in. I would appreciate an example. TIA. Zacarías - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html