[PLUG] Set up default gateway in kernel routing table

[John Meissen]

What's the IP address and netmask of the system you're trying to set this on?

>    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
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