Re: How to set default gateway

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Subject: Re: How to set default gateway
From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:37:12 +0100
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Hanny Tidore wrote:

How do I set the default gateway manually (without using the route
command) ? Is there any file to edit ? I also need to specify the
netmask.

Netmask is a function of the interface and should be specified in/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-interfacename


e.g.
NETMASK=255.255.255.0

The default gateway is a function of the system as a whole and should beset in /etc/sysconfig/network


e.g.
GATEWAY=10.1.2.3

Paul.