You can only have one default gateway. There are two ways around this, the simple way, and the complex way. The simple way is to add a static route by following the method shown here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configuring-static-routes-in-debian-or-red-hat-linux-systems.html The second, more involved way is shown here: http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html Finally, look here for more information if they can't help you: http://lartc.org/ On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Steven Buehler <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a Redhat 5.2 box that I am trying to setup in internal lan on for > backing up to a local machine since my Provider charges for any bandwith > going over the external IP's even though it comes right back to another > server of my network. ÂBelow is the setup for the 2 nics that I tried, but > when I try to start the second nic with "ifup eth1", it looses the route for > the first nic so my external IP will no longer work unless I restart it > which then takes the route out of the second nic. ÂWhat am I missing? ÂI > hope someone can help me with this. ÂBTW, the second nic is connected to an > internal router. ÂI am assuming that I can't just use a switch instead any > easier. > > > > # cat ifcfg-eth0 > > DEVICE=eth0 > > BOOTPROTO=none > > HWADDR=00:1c:23:d5:be:02 > > IPADDR=101.110.67.100 > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > > GATEWAY=101.110.67.1 > > ONBOOT=yes > > TYPE=Ethernet > > PEERDNS=no > > > > # cat ifcfg-eth1 > > BOOTPROTO=static > > DEVICE=eth1 > > ONBOOT=no > > IPADDR=192.168.2.151 > > GATEWAY=192.168.2.1 > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > > HWADDR=00:1c:23:d5:be:04 > > PEERDNS=no > > TYPE=Ethernet > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
