[CentOS] Centos 6 - Persistant static routes

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 03/12/2015 03:51 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Warren Young <wyml at etr-usa.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 12, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Jason Warr <jason at warr.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:43:27 -0500, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I found:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configuring-static-routes-in-debian-or-red-hat-linux-systems.html
>>>>
>>>> where it says to add to ifcfg-eth0:
>>>>
>>>> 192.168.128.0/17 via 40.53.24.3
>> That’s only for RHEL 7: http://goo.gl/AtjIyI
> Aside from being irritating, that's just wrong.   I'm using that
> syntax on Centos5,

AH, I think I see what I did wrong.  I put that line in the ifcfg-eth0 
when according to this page, it goes in the route-eth0 just like the old 
format.  I will give that a try tomorrow...

>
>>> ADDRESS0=192.168.128.0
>>> NETMASK0=255.255.128.0
>>> GATEWAY0=40.53.24.3
>> This is the scheme used in prior versions of RHEL.
> I think both types of syntax will work in all versions.  The GUI tools
> do the latter form.
>