ip route script giving metric

vbavba · 12-26-2013, 08:04 AM

Hi,

I have some ip route commands /configurations at one my box and i try to copy this to a startup script. I have wrote the script from an example but i couldnt give any information about metrics on the script which I have on running conf. How can i give these metrics in my simple file?

Ser Olmy · 12-26-2013, 10:19 AM

The syntax for specifying a metric value with the ip route command is fairly straightforward:

Code:

ip route add <network> via <gateway> metric <metric>

Your question is a bit vague. Are you having trouble with the command itself, or is it something to do with how the script obtains/generates/uses the metric value?

vbavba · 12-27-2013, 03:28 AM

my problem is giving the metric values to the startup script not at the shell

Ser Olmy · 12-27-2013, 03:47 AM

A regular script is just a collection of commands, so the syntax would be exactly the same.

However, if you want to add a route with a metric value to the config files used by the init scripts of your distribution, then the answer would have to be distribution-specific.

Have I understood your question correctly? And if so, which Linux distribution are you using?

vbavba · 12-27-2013, 03:54 AM

Hi,

True its a true based distro

vbavba · 12-27-2013, 04:20 AM

Pardon this is a Redhat based distro