Changeset 9b3c02c

Timestamp:

04/29/2001 07:49:07 PM (23 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, v3_0, v3_1, v3_2, v3_3, v4_0, v4_1, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1_1, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

94b14f1

Parents:

30e84b0

Message:

Added option to select the network interface through which the default
gateway can be reached

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@554 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter07/ethnet.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter07/ethnet.xml

@@ -19 +19 @@
 # Main script by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
 # GATEWAY check by Jean-François Le Ray - jfleray@club-internet.fr
+# "Specify which IF to use to reach default GATEWAY" by 
+#     Graham Cantin - gcantin@pacbell.net
 #
 
@@ -60 +62 @@
 #
 # If the /etc/sysconfig/network file contains a GATEWAY variable, set
-# the gateway.
+# the default gateway and the interface through which the default
+# gateway can be reached.
 #
 
             if [ "$GATEWAY" != "" ]; then
                 echo -n "Setting up routing for eth0 interface..."
-                /sbin/route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 1
+                /sbin/route add default gateway $GATEWAY \
+                        metric 1 dev $GATEWAY_IF
                 evaluate_retval
             fi
@@ -123 +127 @@
 <userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/network &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
 GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
+GATEWAY_IF=eth0
 <userinput>EOF</userinput>
 </literallayout>
 
 <para>
-GATEWAY needs to be changed to match the network setup.
+GATEWAY and GATEWAY_IF need to be changed to match the network setup.
+GATEWAY contains the address of the default gateway, and GATEWAY_IF
+contains the network interface through which that default gateway can
+be reached.
 </para>