Gateway on boot

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Hello, I have a RedHat 5.3 server which has the gateway information in /etc/sysconfig/network file, where the gateway doesn't configure on boot(can't ping the gateway, hence can't get out). But when I add manually with the following command once the O/S is up and running, it works:
# route add default gw dev bond1

There are other (4)servers, which works on reboot where it gets the gateway information from /etc/sysconfig/network file, but this is different gateway than the above server, which is on different network.

So anyone can let me know what could be wrong?
Thanks in an advance!

[Matti_Kurkela · Accepted solution]

Perhaps missing quotes, invisible characters or other typos in your network configuration file?

Please run "cat -t /etc/sysconfig/network" to check.

If you run "ifdown bond1; ifup bond1", do you see any error messages?

Run "ipcalc --network ". Does the result match the NETWORK setting in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond1?
(If it doesn't, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth will skip the gateway setting.)

MK

[Jayakrishnan G Naik]

Hi

You can try this

Add the GATEWAY=XX.XX.XX.XX entry in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond1 file and attempt a reboot. Hope this will solve your problem.

XX.XX.XX.XX = your IP address.

Thanks & Regards
Jayakrishnan G Naik

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MK, Thank you for the response. Currently, we don't have access to the server so waiting to get the access and will try those. Will keep you posted.

Jagan, I did that to begin with and didn't work.

Thank you