[Gllug] route command in rc.local

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Sun Jun 23 22:36:54 UTC 2002


On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 10:05:13PM +0100, Adrian wrote:
> I am putting a properly configured (AFAICS) route command in rc.local:
> 
> route -v add default gw 192.168.63.64 dev eth0
> 
> to allow my wireless card packets to be properly routed, but it never seems to 
> be executed on booting. I have to type it in by hand every time. 
> 
> 
> There is nothing in /var/log/messages to indicate either failure or success.

While since I used RH.  Have you checked the initscripts to see at what
stage rc.local is run?  If it is run before networking is started then
it would fail.

-- 
Bruce

I see a mouse.  Where?  There, on the stair.  And its clumsy wooden
footwear makes it easy to trap and kill.  -- Harry Hill
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