Default route problem

[jacko24]

I cannot add a default route, either manually or at startup. In either case, the addition of the default route fails due to "Network unreachable" . This is IRIX 6.5 on an Indy.

I have added the default router to the hosts file, and have also tried route -n as well. Neither worked. Is this a circular problem? As in, no route to my default router, therefore can't add a route to it?? I have worked with this stuff on Solaris before, but on IRIX I can't figure it out, I don't know why.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[jacko24]

I actually figured it out, it was something small and overlooked. But my next question is, what variable can I use in a startup script to get my current IP address?

For example, $VARIABLES used in static-route.options, is there one accessible which holds the value of the machine's IP address?

 

[jared71]

I'd imagine you've already figured this out, but something like this may work:
var1=`ifconfig -a | grep inet | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`

provided you only have one ip.

-jared

 

[jcuenca]

Hi,

Have you tried to add the line...

route add default x.y.z.a

...at the end of the file /etc/init.d/network ?