Re: Default Route
Ok, Everyone said this works for them and thats cool! But in every example
the gateway was in the same subnet. Question though on somthing I didn't
mention. What if the default gateway is in a different subnet? Would that
make a difference?
My ip is .35 with a 224 mask and the gateway is .17 with a 240 mask
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, will trillich wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 04:29:47PM +0000, Blair M. Cummings wrote:
> > That is what the interfaces file had in it in both v2.1 and 2.2 It never
> > worked for me without adding a full route statement.
> >
> > On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Alberto Brealey wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:52:29PM +0000, Blair M. Cummings wrote:
> > > > I hate to write the list about this but I'm not having much luck with
> > > > keeping a default route after reboot. I was able to keep it with a
> > >
> > > try adding "gateway aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd" at the end of the iface section for the
> > > interface where the default route should be. this in /etc/network/interfaces
>
> here's my /etc/network/interfaces file --
>
> # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
>
> # The loopback interface
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation
> # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.1.1
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.0.0
> broadcast 192.168.1.255
>
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 208.33.90.85
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 208.33.90.0
> broadcast 208.33.90.255
> gateway 208.33.90.84
>
> <<<<<
>
> that last one does most of my work: 208.33.90.85 is my ip;
> my cablemodem is 208.33.90.84, acting as my gateway.
>
> when my system boots, the routing is all taken-care-of:
>
> # route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 208.33.90.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
> 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0 208.33.90.84 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
>
> (once i figure out the tunnelling setup, i'll be all smiles.)
>
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