Hi All,
SL 6.5, 64 bit.
I had to manually configure a Tread Net TEW-638PAP as a wireless
bridge yesterday. In the process, I had to change my default
router (a.k.a. gateway) three times. (Networking too, but
that worked.) The TEW-638PAP was hooked to my second
Ethernet port (eth1).
Problem, I had to reboot to get the new default route to
stick.
Now I know of two places I can put my default router:
/etc/sysconfig/network <--- where I put it
GATEWAY=192.168.10.100 and
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
GATEWAY=192.168.10.100
I am using /etc/sysconfig/network and the "vi" method.
To check my default router setting, I used "netstat -rn"
and looked for the tags "UG". (It is at the bottom of
the list.)
To try to get the new default router setting to take,
I used:
service network restart; netstat -rn
and
ifdown eth1; ifup eth1; netstat -rn
No joy with either method. Whatever gateway I had when
I booted, was the one I was stuck with. Reboot
was the only way to make the change. I even tried
manually configuring it with "route". No joy there
either. :'(
What did I do wrong?
Many thanks,
-T
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