topic Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem in Operating System - HP-UX

After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

mike worrell — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:27:52 GMT

We have one unix box that when it is rebooted it will no longer have network connectivity.
All I have to do to correct is
route add default ipaddress 1
and all is fine.

What do I need to do so this problem can be resolved and all will be ok after a reboot?

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Sunil Sharma_1 — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:32:34 GMT

you have to make entry for default gateway in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file

example:

ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]="10.12.20.1"
ROUTE_COUNT[0]="1"
ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]="default"

this is for defauklt gateway 10.12.20.1

Sunil

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Johan Brusche — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:38:56 GMT

In /etc/rc.config.d/netconf do you have:

ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]=xx.yy.zz.ww
ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]=default
ROUTE_COUNT[0]=1

? If not set these params or use SAM to change them.

__ Johan.

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Slawomir Gora — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:44:45 GMT

Hi,

after adding ROUTE... section to netconf file
run command:
/sbin/init.d/net start
to add this entry to routing table

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Dave Hutton — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:49:28 GMT

Just an alternative way of doing it rather then sam or editing that file is:
#set_parms addtl_netwrk

It basically looks like the networking section when you first create a server.

I would recommend editing the netconf file like suggested above.

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

mike worrell — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:47:49 GMT

Thanks to everyone for your responses.
I have those entries in the netconf file.
This problem happenned after we had to replace the hard drive about a year ago and restore all the data back. After that we have had to do the command by hand after a reboot.
Any other ideas I can try?

Thanks,
mike

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Slawomir Gora — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:50:28 GMT

Hi,

can you attach /etc/rc.log file ?
Maby there are some error during setting routes.

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Geoff Wild — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:57:43 GMT

I think you should try Dave's solution:

set_parms addl_netwrk

How did you restore? Was it by installing HP-UX, then extracting files from say a tar archive?

Maybe your netconf file is corrupt...

You can generate a new one by copying /usr/newconfig/etc/rc.config.d/netconf to /etc/rc.config.d/netconf then run the above command.

Rgds...Geoff

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

mike worrell — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:22:50 GMT

Hi Geoff,

All data for this box is on vg00. We loaded from the make_recovery tape. When it first came up the name wasn't there and HP had me generate a new netconf file as you suggested. Then all worked ok except for the piece of having to do the route add by hand.
Any other things to try. Going to look at the rc.log now.

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Slawomir Gora — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:26:23 GMT

Hi,

one more question when you run command:
/sbin/init.d/net start
is your routing added ?

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Geoff Wild — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:26:08 GMT

Can you post your netconf?

Rgds...Geoff

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

mike worrell — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:31:53 GMT

think i found the problem
the route_count=1 was not there.
I added that.
Think that may have been the issue?

Thanks to everyone
mike

Re: After a reboot I have to manually do "route add default xxxx 1", how can I fix this problem

Geoff Wild — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:40:31 GMT

Yes - that may have been it:

ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]=default
ROUTE_MASK[0]=""
ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]="192.168.2.1"
ROUTE_COUNT[0]="1"
ROUTE_ARGS[0]=""

You need the ROUTE_COUNT

Rgds...Geoff