Topic: Static Route or RIP

[Steve]

I am doing testing with the e-smith v 4.0b3 system.
Is there any way to add a static network route to the e-smith server?
I see how to setup the security for multiple internal networks, but not how to setup a route.  One of the previous posts suggested that the solution to this problem was wait for version 4.0......

[Charlie Brady]

Steve wrote:

> I am doing testing with the e-smith v 4.0b3 system. Is there
> any way to add a static network route to the e-smith server? I
> see how to setup the security for multiple internal networks,
> but not how to setup a route.  One of the previous posts
> suggested that the solution to this problem was wait for
> version 4.0......

I can't see anywhere where that would happen either. This means
that multiple local networks will only currently work where e-smith is used in a dedicated server-only mode - all networks would then be reachable via the default gateway, or where the the e-smith is used in server/gateway mode, and the additional "local networks" are external Internet sites.

You can fix this in your system by writing a script /etc/e-smith/events/actions/add-local-routes, and dropping a symlink to it into /etc/e-smith/events/create-network - see http://www.e-smith.org/custom/ for documentation of the customisation process. To fix this more generally we would have to add a "Gateway" property into the local networks setup page.

Regards

Charlie

[Steve]

Thanks for the suggestions.
I'll have a look at the files tomorrow.

I'm impressed with how easy this distribution is to setup!!!
I hope it works out for this particular application.
It will be replacing an NT solutions that would cost
many times more.

Thanks again......

[Steve]

I created a shell script that runs route add and saved it in
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/add-local-routes
I dropped a symlink to it into
/etc/e-smith/events/network-create/S95add-local-routes

I finally realized that the network-create event doesn't take place
everytime the system is booted.  Is there an event that I can copy
this to that will run each time the system comes up?

Thanks again for your help.

[Charlie Brady]

Steve wrote:

> I created a shell script that runs route add and saved it in
> /etc/e-smith/events/actions/add-local-routes I dropped a
> symlink to it into
> /etc/e-smith/events/network-create/S95add-local-routes
>
> I finally realized that the network-create event doesn't take
> place everytime the system is booted.  Is there an event that I
> can copy this to that will run each time the system comes up?

Move your script to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.routes, then add one line to the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

/etc/rc.d/rc.local.routes # Set up local static routes.

Charlie

[Steve]

That did it.
If all goes well, e-smith will be in several different companies
and they love paying for support.....