[NTLUG:Discuss] Getting eth0 working with Kubuntu--- more info

[Wayne Dahl]

On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 12:11, joseph beasley wrote:
> Verify that you have a default gateway.  The latest version of
> ubuntu/kubuntu does not save the default gateway.  (netstat -rn will
> show the routes.)
> 
> Yes, I know you put the gateway in, but verify that it is there. 

This was it.  Checking with netstat showed no gateway.  I manually put
it back in again with "route add default gw 192.168.1.100" and here's
the funny part.  I'm so used to stopping and starting a service after
making a configuration change, I did a ifdown eth0 followed by an ifup
eth0, no change in internet access.  Checking with netstat again showed
no gateway.  I added that gateway again, checked with netstat, now it's
there.  Apparently, under Kubuntu, if you ifdown/up the nic card, it
forgets the route.  Without cycling the nic card, I just checked it with
netstat showing the gateway there and lo and behold, I now have internet
access.

Now comes the big question.  How do I make it permanent so I don't have
to jump through this hoop every time I turn on this machine?  I have
seen no documentation speaking to this "bug" anywhere...and you'd think
if the latest versions of Ubuntu/Kubuntu don't save the default gateway,
you'd have a heck of a lot of questions about it.

> Joe Beasley
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Thanks Joseph and to all that responded.

Wayne