[Cialug] Route updates

[Daniel Wittenberg]

Default gateway is held in /etc/sysconfig/network file as GATEWAY  -OR-
in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface>.  If you have
multiple gateway statements the last one read wins, and makes things
very interesting for troubleshooting :)

Dan

On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 08:38 -0600, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> If there is nothing in the static-routes file where is the default
> route
> coming from?  A file for the interface configuration?
> 
> (network config is one area where the GUI has been my crutch for too
> long.)
> 
> -Nate
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Weis [mailto:djweis at internetsolver.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:35 AM
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] Route updates
> >
> > Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > > Where is route information stored?
> > > If I do a route add  or del is the new route permanent?
> >
> > No it's not.
> >
> > > Is the information about routing stored somewhere in /etc
> or /var ?
> > > I'm mostly asking about debian/ubuntu, but curious about
> > redhat/fedora.
> >
> > On redhat based systems there is a file called
> > /etc/sysconfig/static-routes that is created by the sysadmin to
> > automatically make static routes when the system boots. The normal
> > routes for each interface are created when the interfaces come up.
> >
> > dave
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