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

[Terry]

On 1/30/06, Wayne Dahl <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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

You're going to have to get un-used to stopping and starting, you're
blowing away your changes each time you do that. :)

You can save commands like these in /etc/rc.d/rc.local

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
>
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