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

[mike worrell]

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?

[Sunil Sharma_1 · Accepted solution]

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

[Johan Brusche]

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.

[Slawomir Gora]

Hi,

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

[Dave Hutton]

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.

[mike worrell]

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

[Slawomir Gora]

Hi,

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

[Geoff Wild]

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

[mike worrell]

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.

[Slawomir Gora]

Hi,

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

[Geoff Wild]

Can you post your netconf?

Rgds...Geoff

[mike worrell]

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

[Geoff Wild]

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