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FAS2020 default gateway

DRIVECHIP — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:47:46 GMT

Hi all

I’ve a strange problem with the default gateway entry of a FAS2020. It is likely, that I’m doing some essential things wrong. The problem is, that the default gateway entry is lost with every reboot of the storage.

Adding a gateway is easy:
# route add 0.0.0.0 10.1.1.1 1

How is it made persistent?

Thanks for your help.

FAS2020 default gateway

baijulal — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:28:56 GMT

update /etc/rc

Please post its content if you would like to have it verified.

Re: FAS2020 default gateway

DRIVECHIP — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:37:54 GMT

Can I just add the route add command to the file? The current content of the file is:

rdfile /etc/rc

#Regenerated by registry Fri Jul 08 18:33:53 GMT+02:00 2011

#Auto-generated by Setup Wizard Thu Mar 03 14:12:27 GMT 2011

vif create multi vif01 -b ip e0a e0b

ifconfig vif01 `hostname`-vif01 netmask 255.255.255.0

ifconfig e0a `hostname`-e0a netmask 255.255.255.0 mtusize 1500 trusted wins mediatype 1000t-fd-cfg_down flowcontrol full up

ifconfig vif01 alias x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0

savecore

options dns.enable on

options nis.enable off

Command: wrfile -a /etc/rc route add 0.0.0.0 10.1.1.1 1

Thanks

Re: FAS2020 default gateway

andrc — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:01:34 GMT

The route is normally added right after the ifconfig commands like so:

ifconfig blah blah blah blah

route add default 10.1.1.1 1

route add host/net 1.2.3.4 1

routed on

savecore

etc etc

rdfile /etc/rc

Copy contents into text editor and edit to include the extra commands. Select all contents and copy

wrfile /etc/rc

Paste

Hit enter twice followed by ctrl/c and you should see "read: error reading standard input: Interrupted system call"

Confirm with rdfile /etc/rc

Re: FAS2020 default gateway

DRIVECHIP — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:19:51 GMT

Thanks andrc, it worked. Unfortunately I can't reboote the storage but I hope it will work.

Re: FAS2020 default gateway

andrc — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:26:13 GMT

If it works when you run it manually then it should work in /etc/rc during boot