On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:03:05AM -0500, Ken Bass wrote: > Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > > > I usually specify the default gateway in > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and it works just fine. > > > > > Actually, I tried putting the GATEWAY in the specific ifcfg-eth0, as > well as the global /etc/sysconfig/network and it seems to be ignored. > Of course things 'appear' to work just fine, but the route that is setup is > > default * 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > INSTEAD OF: > > default router.example.com 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > The former seems to cause all arp entries to be queried and cached. The latter works correctly. > Both 'appear to work'. Does the route on your domU look like the second entry? > Yes, the routing table is correct for my domUs. I have never noticed/seen GATEWAY getting ignored.. Maybe your netmask is wrong, so the GATEWAY IP is unreachable? -- Pasi