default route question

[Jean-Christophe Valiere]

Selon Rudolf Ladyzhenskii <Rudolf.ladyzhenskii at opennw.com>:

> Hi, all
>
> I have set up a RedHat 9.0 box as a gateway/router. I have two network cards
> installed.
>
> ETH0 is conencetd to "outside world" and is using DHCP to obtain networking
> information.
> ETH1 is conencetd to my local network, has static IP and is a DHCP server.
>
> So far, so good.
> DHCP server tells the local LAN that this box is a default gateway. This is
> correct for local LAN. However from actual machine point of view, it default
> gateway is the ETH0.
> How do I set default gateway for the box? It always thinks that it is itself
> a default gateway. I can always run 'route' and delete default route and set
> up my own, but wjere do I do that? In /etc/init.d/network script? Is there a
> 'right' way of setting up Eth0 as default route?
In /etc/sysconfig/network:
NETWORKING=YES
GATEWAY=1.2.3.4
GATEWAYDEV=eth0

If that doesn't work you can use /etc/rc.local (ie. $>route add default gw
1.2.3.4 dev eth0)
>
> Thanks,
You're Welcome
> Rudofl
>
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