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 > > -- > Damon Muller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) / It's not a sense of humor. > * Criminologist / It's a sense of irony > * Webmeister / disguised as one. > * Linux Geek / - Bruce Sterling > > - Running Debian GNU/Linux: Doing my bit for World Domination (tm) - > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
