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Added option to select the network interface through which the default

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gateway can be reached


git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@554 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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Gerard Beekmans 2001-04-29 19:49:07 +00:00
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commit 9b3c02cac1
1 changed files with 11 additions and 3 deletions
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chapter07/ethnet.xml
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@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ following:
#
# Main script by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
# GATEWAY check by Jean-François Le Ray - jfleray@club-internet.fr
# "Specify which IF to use to reach default GATEWAY" by
# Graham Cantin - gcantin@pacbell.net
#
#
@ -59,12 +61,14 @@ case "$1" in
#
# If the /etc/sysconfig/network file contains a GATEWAY variable, set
# the gateway.
# the default gateway and the interface through which the default
# gateway can be reached.
#
if [ "$GATEWAY" != "" ]; then
echo -n "Setting up routing for eth0 interface..."
/sbin/route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 1
/sbin/route add default gateway $GATEWAY \
metric 1 dev $GATEWAY_IF
evaluate_retval
fi
;;
@ -122,11 +126,15 @@ If a default gateway is required to be setup, the following command does that:
<literallayout>
<userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/network &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
GATEWAY_IF=eth0
<userinput>EOF</userinput>
</literallayout>
<para>
GATEWAY needs to be changed to match the network setup.
GATEWAY and GATEWAY_IF need to be changed to match the network setup.
GATEWAY contains the address of the default gateway, and GATEWAY_IF
contains the network interface through which that default gateway can
be reached.
</para>
</sect2>