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.) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
