[PLUG] Set up default gateway in kernel routing table

[Rich Shepard]

   Having been a while since I last set routes I've lost a step when setting
the default gateway.

   The routing table has both loopback and LAN routes. Now I need to set the
default gateway and the kernel tells me there's a SIOCADDRT (address) error.

   In slackware's rc.inet1.conf interface configuration file the default
gateway is set on 192.168.55.4. Using this command:

route add default gw 192.168.55.4

returns the above error that the network is unreachable.

   The route man page example has a host name for the gateway and I've tried
that, too, with the same result.

   What have I missed here?

   On a curious, somewhat related issue, while there's only one Ethernet port
on the motherboard ifconfig sees it as eth1 rather than eth0.

Rich