Re: /etc/network/interfaces statically defined default gateway

[Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@yahoo.com>]

 --- James Sinnamon <jps@westnet.com.au> wrote: > Dear Debian users,
> 
> How is the default gateway using, say eth0 or eth1, defined in  
> /etc/network/interfaces, if dhcp is not used, that is if I use:
> 
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 intet static 
>      address 192.168.0.6
>      netmask 255.255.255.0
>      network 192.168.0.0
>      broadcast 192.168.0.255
> 
> ... instead of: 
> 
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp

For which ever iface you want a gateway to be used, just add that
directive to it:

gateway  <some_IP_Address>

-- Thomas Adam

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