Can't route through 3rd NIC to DMZ subnet (w2k)

[Belthrax]

I am having a problem trying to setup a DMZ on w2kbox running FP1. The firewall has been up for awhile, but now we want to install a F5 BigIP to load balance in the DMZ. I am able to ping the F5's external interface, but can't ping the switch that is sitting on the internal side of the F5. I realize that may be because of the Bigip itself, but I can't set a route on the firewall for the internal side network. 192.168.10.1(firewall)----->192.168.10.5(ext side Bigip)----->172.254.10.1(int side BigIP)------>172.254.10.2(2048 Switch).
On the firewall I enter the following route:
route add 172.254.10.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.1
Then I get: 192.168.10.1 bad argument

Anyone know what I am doing wrong here? I would greatly appreciate it. The 3rd nic that the F5 is connected to was originally disabled. I enabled it, gave it an IP and went into policy editor and hit get interfaces...I was found just fine...however I never see a little icon on the toolbar for the 3rd nic...just the first two nics.

Thanks

Tony

 

[Piloria]

route -p add 172.254.10.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.1
the -p make it a perminant route
the mask is also required

 

[Belthrax]

Man do I feel like an idiot !! I've been so caught up in routers that it dawn on me that the problem was in the syntax...thanks