hello namesake!
>
> I'm running a Mandrake 7.1 server and everytime I reboot the machine, I have
> to issue the command:
>
> route add default gw 192.168.1.1 metric 1
>
> Where and how should I be adding this route configuration so that it will
> automatically load when the server reboots?
>
> I have tried configuring this through linuxconf's networking: Routing and
> gateways: Set default option
> without any effect.
>
> [/etc/sysconfig/network] contains:
> GATEWAYDEV=eth0
> NETWORKING=yes
> FORWARD_IPV4=yes
> DOMAINNAME=purity.com.ph
> HOSTNAME=server.purity.com.ph
> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
>
> --- 8< ---
>
> I'm not running routed or gated which I don't think I need, do I?
>
this is so oober weird because i know that when you set the gateway for
distros that use the 2.2 kernel it also configures a default route.
anyway, you can dump this line in the file:
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
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William Emmanuel S. Yu
Ateneo Cervini-Eliazo Networks (ACENT)
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web : http://cersa.admu.edu.ph/
phone : 63(2)4266001-5925/5904
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