Gateway problem

[Rick Stevens]

On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 09:10 -0800, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Administrator TOOTAI [mailto:admin at tootai.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:49 AM
> > To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> > Subject: Re: Gateway problem
> > 
> > brad.mugleston at comcast.net a écrit :
> > 
> > >Running FC4 on one of my computers and for some reason it will
> > >not store the gateway after a reboot.  I need to type in
> > >
> > >	route add default gw 192.168.1.1 ath0
> > >
> > >and then it works until the next reboot.  I can't remember how or
> > >where to put that to make it there after a reboot.
> > >
> > >
> > In /etc/sysconfig/[network,network-scripts] or
> > /etc/sysconfig/static-route Ifup-aliases should do it from your ifcfg-ath0
> > 
> > --
> > Daniel
> 
> I prefer to see the system default gateway (of which, there can only be one) in /etc/sysconfig/network.  Add a line:
> 
> GATEWAY=x.x.x.x
> 
> It drives me nuts when people put the gateways on specific interfaces.

That's very dangerous, as "GATEWAY=" in, say, "ifcfg-eth0" will get
stomped on by a "GATEWAY=" in ifcfg-eth1.

> Of course, this is all personal preference.

As was mentioned by someone else, you can only have ONE default gateway,
and it should be in /etc/sysconfig/network.

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