Thanks that almost worked, but it seems whenever eth1 gets its IP, an
automatic route is added to 172.30.0.0/16 through eth1. When route-eth1
tries to add the needed route, I get the error "RTNETLINK answers: File
Exists"

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Tom Sightler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 19:05 +0200, Ahmed Kamal wrote:
> > oops, the eth1 IP/mask is 172.30.0.3/16.
> >
> > Also let me mention the needed configuration
> > - eth0 IP 196.x.x.3
> > - System default gateway is 196.x.x.1 and is connected to eth0
> > - eth1 IP 172.30.0.3/16. This interface needs to have a static route
> > for
> > routing 172.30.0.0/16 through 172.30.0.1 (a router) and not "directly"
> >
> > Any pointers on what "GATEWAY"s need to go into ifcfg-eth0, ifcfg-eth1
> > and
> > /etc/sysconfig/network ? to get the described effect ?
>
> So why exactly are you setting a 172.30.0.3 host address with a /16 mask
> and then trying to tell it that the rest of the 172.30.0.0/16 network is
> on the other side of a router?
>
> Still, even though I would question your network setup, you should be
> able to do what get the configuration you want whith the following:
>
> For eth0 make sure there is a GATEWAY line that is set to the system
> default gateway 196.x.x.1.
>
> For eth1 make sure there is no GATEWAY line at all in the ifcfg-eth1
> file.  Then, create a route-eth1 with the following:
>
> GATEWAY0=172.30.0.1
> NETMASK0=255.255.0.0
> ADDRESS0=172.30.0.0
>
> Later,
> Tom
>
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