{"id":32,"date":"2014-10-10T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianux.org.vn\/index.php\/2014\/10\/10\/how-to-set-a-default-gateway-on-centos-2\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T09:11:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T09:11:00","slug":"how-to-set-a-default-gateway-on-centos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianux.org.vn\/index.php\/2014\/10\/10\/how-to-set-a-default-gateway-on-centos-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set a default gateway on CentOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A default gateway is a remote host or router that your Linux host forwards traffic to when the destination IP address of outgoing traffic does not match any route in your local routing table. Configuring a default gateway on CentOS is quite straightforward.<\/div>\n
If you wish to change a default gateway temporarily at run time, you can use <\/span>ip<\/tt> <\/span>command.<\/div>\n
First things first. To check what default gateway you are using currently:<\/div>\n
$ ip route show<\/div>\n
192.168.91.0\/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.91.128 
169.254.0.0\/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1002 
default via 192.168.91.2 dev eth0 <\/strong>
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According to the local routing table shown above, a default gateway is 192.168.91.2, and traffic is forwarded to the gateway via eth0.<\/div>\n
In order to change a default gateway to another IP address<\/strong>:<\/div>\n
$ sudo ip route replace default via 192.168.91.10 dev eth0<\/div>\n
Obviously, a default gateway’s IP address should come from the subnet associated with the interface connected to the default gateway, in this example, 192.168.91.0\/24. Otherwise, the command will fail with the following error.<\/div>\n
RTNETLINK answers: No such process
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Also, keep in mind that the default route change made by <\/span>ip<\/tt> <\/span>command will be lost after rebooting.<\/div>\n
In order to set a default gateway permanently on CentOS<\/strong>, you will need to update \/etc\/sysconfig\/network accordingly.<\/div>\n
$ sudo vi \/etc\/sysconfig\/network<\/div>\n
GATEWAY=192.168.91.10
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Again, be aware that the IP addressed specified here should match with the subnet (192.168.91.0\/24) associated with a default route interface.<\/div>\n
Another option to set a default gateway persistently on CentOS is to edit \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-<default_interface_name>, and add “GATEWAY=<gateway_ip>” there. If the default interface is “eth0”, you will need to edit \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-eth0. If you choose to use this method, you need to refer to <\/span>this post<\/a> <\/span>to get familiar with this option.<\/div>\n
Whether you edit \/etc\/sysconfig\/network or \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-ethX, don’t forget to restart <\/span>network<\/tt>service as follows, or reboot your CentOS for the change to take effect.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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