"route add default gw" command-trouble

[vijfita]

Hello all,

I am currently setting up an Internet gateway with the help of a linux machine. I am using the route command to set up the default gateway, giving the addres of the router which connects me to the external world.

The problem now is that, everytime I reboot the linux machine, I have to add the default route, even though the corresponding ethernet interfaces are getting activated automatically.

I use the command "route add default gw 'ipaddress of the router' " command, but I have to do this everytime I reboot.

What could be the possible problem ?are there any files that I need to change ?when I went to the man page of route, it indicated me that changes would be made to the file /proc/net/route, but then automatic gateway setting is not being done here.

Help me out please. Thanks in Advance.

Regards

[swemic]

What distro are you running on? Because different distros has their own tool to set up the network.

[vijfita]

I am running RHL9.0. "route" is the command for setting up the routing table.

[swemic]

Yes that's correct, "route" command will alter your routing table.
But it is not more than untill you reboot your system as you stated previous.
Try the comman netconfig (I think it was that command in RH9 at least), then you will be able to save your parameters and will be able to reboot your system.

[Fallen Angel]

You could make a simple bash script and set it to run every time on boot. I did this in Slackware. Create the script and change the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. So you should add this in rc.local:

if [-x /path to script/ name of the script ]; then
    . /path to script/name of the script
  fi

[debian_user]

Hi

in red hats and fedoras there is the directory

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

where there is a file for each net interface.
I guess the file you are looking for is ifcfg-eth0, edit it
and change the ip address of the gateway.

I hope I was helpful

[Diedaz]

You shoult put line in to /etc/rc.local file

[AmmoLin]

You shoult put line in to /etc/rc.local file

Yes, but surely if you need to be root to run that command, as it says in the file, it runs at user level so won't do anything?

I've got this problem in Debian 4.... Still looking....