On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 11:17, Deepak Seshadri wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
>
>
> My Linux firewall (Fedora Core 2 & kernel 2.6.8.1) is configured the
> following way:
>
> Eth0 - WAN
>
> Eth1 - LAN
>
> Eth2 - DMZ
>
>
>
> With the above setup my default gateway is Eth0. For some reason, when the
> machine boots up it takes Eth1 for default gateway. This not only messes up
> the Internet connection but also my firewall rules. I have to then manually
> delete that entry and add Eth0 as the default gateway. Could someone please
> let me know how to make Eth0 as the permanent default gateway?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Deepak Seshadri
>
>
<rant>
there's a list maintained for fedora core questions at:
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
i'm not trying to be a "mean guy" but this list has a tendency towards
being the dumping ground for all network-related linux questions, and
it's not.
</rant>
your default gateway is set by the variable GATEWAY in:
/etc/sysconfig/network
the GATEWAY variable can also be set in your:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth?
files.
if you specify it both places, RH used to have a tendency to add it
twice, i don't know if they've fixed this (by using 'ip route replace'
instead of 'ip route add').
i also hope you mean your default gateway is "via eth0" not "is eth0"
because if it's the latter--you've have bigger problems than just a
variable setting.
-j
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Jason Opperisano <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
