Ubuntu : Add route / gateway

Refer : http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-debian-ubutnu-set-default-gateway-ipaddress/

a] ip command - show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels

sudo ip route add default via x.x.x.x

b] route command - show / manipulate the IP routing table

sudo route add default gw x.x.x.x

c] Save routing information to a configuration file so that after reboot you get same default gateway.

# vi /etc/network/interfaces

Find eth0 or desired network interface and add following option




gateway x.x.x.x

Save and close the file. Restart networking:




# /etc/init.d/networking restart