Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:06:59 -0800 (PST) From: <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Default router Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903041505490.20410-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990304173642.29011Q-100000@localhost.jsp.umontreal.ca>
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I think you can do this:
route add 0.0.0.0 12.34.56.78
where 12.34.56.78 is your gateway.
you also have to have an IP assigned to that NIC before you can add any
routes...
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Tani Hosokawa
River Styx Internet
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Spidey wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I was trying to setup my ed0 ether card as the default gateway, and did
> not understood how to do it until I used the sysinstall utility to
> reconfigure the ed0 card.
>
> But I still don't understand how it is enabled. I searched the
> /etc/directory for any use of the defaultrouter variable, and all I found
> is the rc.networks file that mentions an assignement like:
>
> route_default="default ${defaultrouter}"
>
> but the route_default variable is not used anywhere else!!!
>
> How could I have enabled the default route without rebooting?
>
> Thanks!
>
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