I have a machine running Dapper with two interfaces, one wired, one wireless.
I do not seem to be able to work out the 'approved' way to set a default route on the wired interface. Other Dapper machines with only one interface have no problem applying the default route they get from dhcp, but not this one. I tried changing dhclient.conf to make it require a routers entry, but tcpdump doesn't seem to show this happening. I then tried changing /etc/network/interfaces to use a static entry, and the gateway specified there doesn't get applied either. I could try ripping out the wireless card, but I'd rather leave it installed as a backup for when the wired connection takes a break. I could add a new file to /etc/init.d, but that seems to be overkill for something that should be a single line entry somewhere (but where?). Why won't it just (*&^ do what I say? What is the 'right' way to do this for Ubuntu/Debian. My preferred approach is to make it happen with dhcp, so I don't have to change the machine next time I renumber or rewire. I'm willing to go static if necessary, but it has to persist across upgrades. -- Christopher Vance -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
