Configuring Network Routes on Linux

Posted by Vasudev Seeram on July 4, 2008 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

Problem: Newly installed Linux is not able to access the Internet.

Solution: Route not configured to the gateway.

At a Terminal window, enter:

route add default netmask 0.0.0.0 gw 200.65.1.7 eth1

Configuration for PC in Software Services Area

The network port used by Linux is the one on the main board, not the Ethernet card that is used by Windows.

[root@enterprise ~]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination  Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
200.65.1.0   *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0     0 eth1
169.254.0.0  *               255.255.0.0     U     0      0     0 eth1
default      200.65.1.7      0.0.0.0         UG    0      0     0 eth1