on 8-22-2008 7:01 AM David Hrbáč spake the following: > Rob Townley napsal(a): >> Are you sure this is actually processed? Do you have a working example for >> CentOS 4.x or 5.x? One that works with two NICS that would use two >> different gateways to the internet? I would like nothing more to get this >> to work in a streamlined fashion. >> >> i didn't have success with the /etc/sysconfig/static-routes file, but maybe >> i didn't specify the routes using the correct syntax? > > Well, > I use on one of my routers in /etc/sysconfig/static-routes: > any net 192.168.36.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.38.254 > any net 192.168.37.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.38.253 > > Running C4.6, route: > [root at arakis ~]# route -n > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 212.47.23.188 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.252 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 192.168.38.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 > 192.168.36.0 192.168.38.254 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 > 192.168.37.0 192.168.38.253 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 > 0.0.0.0 212.47.23.189 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > David Hrbáč Static routes work fine, but having 2 default routes will not be easy in linux. You can't be sure that packets can find there way back to their origin. Yours seems to work for you, but I bet it is because the packets are luckily getting back. It usually fails miserably. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080822/38d5bd17/attachment-0005.sig>