Re: interfaces file failes to set gateway

Thank you, Bob -- much appreciated, including the update on the conventions for the interfaces file! Cheers, Dave On 01/10/2012 11:12 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: David Liontooth wrote: This is my /etc/network/interfaces: # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static add

Re: interfaces file failes to set gateway

David Liontooth wrote: > This is my /etc/network/interfaces: > > # The primary network interface > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.26 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > gateway 192.168.0.178 Firs

interfaces file failes to set gateway

I've run into an odd problem: on two of my squeeze servers, the /etc/network/interfaces file fails to set the default gateway on boot. I can add the gateway manually by issuing "route add default gw 192.168.0.178 eth0" -- it works fine. This is my /etc/network/interfaces: # The primary net