[Cialug] Route updates

[Nathan C. Smith]

Thanks for the hints! 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Wittenberg [mailto:daniel-wittenberg at starken.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:41 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Cialug] Route updates
> 
> Default gateway is held in /etc/sysconfig/network file as 
> GATEWAY  -OR-
> in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface>.  If you have
> multiple gateway statements the last one read wins, and makes things
> very interesting for troubleshooting :)
> 
> Dan
> 
> On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 08:38 -0600, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > If there is nothing in the static-routes file where is the default
> > route
> > coming from?  A file for the interface configuration?
> > 
> > (network config is one area where the GUI has been my crutch for too
> > long.)
> > 
> > -Nate
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dave Weis [mailto:djweis at internetsolver.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:35 AM
> > > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > > Subject: Re: [Cialug] Route updates
> > >
> > > Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > > > Where is route information stored?
> > > > If I do a route add  or del is the new route permanent?
> > >
> > > No it's not.
> > >
> > > > Is the information about routing stored somewhere in /etc
> > or /var ?
> > > > I'm mostly asking about debian/ubuntu, but curious about
> > > redhat/fedora.
> > >
> > > On redhat based systems there is a file called
> > > /etc/sysconfig/static-routes that is created by the sysadmin to
> > > automatically make static routes when the system boots. The normal
> > > routes for each interface are created when the interfaces come up.
> > >
> > > dave
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