Re: Jessie & Fixed IP Address
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On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 02:10:53PM -0500, Tim McDonough wrote:
> On 9/9/2016 4:26 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> >You know what, though, I did have two entries in there the other day.
> >And I found that tip because I was getting the "RTNETLINK answers:
> >File exists" error that led to that tip (k/t Raspberry Pi @
> >StackExchange). My firsthand experience is that tip leans towards
> >being true because I eliminated ALL my homespun entries and am now no
> >longer receiving *that* particular error message. *grin*
>
> You typically (most networks) would have only one gateway specified.
> It's the IP address of the router used by your network to access the
> Internet.
>
> I imagine there are more elaborate schemes with multiple gateways
> and could not offer advice on that, I have no experience.
You can define different gateways depending on target hosts/networks.
The default gateway "takes the rest".
Example:
ip route add to 192.168.99/24 via 192.168.42.12
sets up host 192.168.42.12 as gateway to the subnet 192.168.99.xxx
regards
- -- t
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