Yes, /etc/sysconfig/static-routes Regards, Dan On Aug 5, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > Is it possible to have a route stick in the kernel, even if device > it points to > goes to roller coaster up and down drive. > > For example. I have an ADSL modem and am doing VPN over it. > There's a route > needed for VPN added like this: > > ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 via 1.2.3.4 src 192.168.2.1 > > There are two problems with it: > > a) if ADSL link is down when above command is executed, the route > command will > fail (ppp0 is down, so there's no 1.2.3.4) > > b) if ADSL link is up when above command is executed, but it goes > down (and up > again) later, the route is removed from kernel routing tables > > So, if there are any problems with ADSL link, I need to manually > reset my VPN > setup. > > I could write some monitoring script (and call it from cron) that > would check if > route is present and attempt to readd it if needed, but I'd rather > be able to > have the route either sticky (not removed when interface goes down) or > automatically reenabled by the kernel when interface goes up again. > > Thanks, > Aleksandar Milivojevic > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >