Re: Phantom default gateway
I would:
cd /etc
find . -type f | xargs grep "gateway"
see what comes up...something must be setting it ........and grep for
the IP of that gateway too.
nate
Damon Muller wrote:
>
> Hi gang,
>
> I have a machine, running Potato, which has a permanent internet
> connection through the modem, but also has a couple of ethernet cards,
> one of which has about 20+ IP addresses.
>
> I using the /etc/network/interfaces file to set up all my interfaces on
> boot, which it a great Potatoism and usually works very well. However
> recently I got into trouble when my box rebooted remotely.
>
> All the interfaces were set up properly, but somehow it assigned itself
> a default gateway (to my first ethernet card). according to
> interfaces(5), you need to set the `gateway' keyword to create a default
> gateway. I don't have `gateway' anywhere in that file, yet it still set
> it. As a result, pppd couldn't set itself to the default gateway, so all
> my packets have been going to bit heaven ever since it rebooted.
>
> I managed to get in and delete the gateway, and then HUP pppd, which
> redialed, and set the default gateway itself. Unfortunately, next time
> it reboots, the same thing will probably happen.
>
> So, why did it set the default gateway when I didn't ask it to, and how
> can I stop it doing it in the future?
>
> cheers,
>
> damon
>
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