On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 01:43:27PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I know how to use 'ip' to set up a static route, e.g.: > > ip route add 192.168.128.0/17 via 40.53.24.3 dev eth0 > > But if you reboot or restart network, you loose this. Thus you have > to make it persistant. 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 > > But this did not work after the interface was restarted. So what is > the proper to set up persistant static routes? > Are you using NetworkManager? I think you have to specifically remove it although I am not quite sure when RH made it the default (nor am I sure if it would override routes, but it frequently seems to cause issues.) Also, the article doesn't say add the lineifcfg-eth0. The article says add it to route-eth0. Was that just a typo on your part? -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6