editing route command for 169.254.0.0 to use eth0

Bl@ckJ@ck · 09-16-2012, 07:19 AM

Hi,
I need some help to edit my centos node to allow the IP address 169.254.0.0 to use eth0.

At the moment when I do a route command, 169.254.0.0 uses eth1 and I guess this is causing some network issues such as this server not being accessible to the Internet.

It was all working when eth0 was used instead of eth1.
Can someone please help me out?

Thank you in Advance

seeberg · 09-16-2012, 08:21 AM

Route add "IP ADDRESS " dev eth0

michaelk · 09-16-2012, 09:37 AM

Quote:

route add -net 169.254.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth1

and to make it a lower priority

Quote:

route add -net 169.254.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth1 metric 1000
route add default dev eth1 metric 1000

Bl@ckJ@ck · 09-16-2012, 05:06 PM

Hi Guys,
Thank you very much for your help.
very much appreciated

Cheers

Bl@ckJ@ck · 09-17-2012, 05:29 PM

Hi Guys,

Everytime I do a network restart, the default route changes and uses another NIC card.

For example, I would like to use eth0 as the default route for my network but everytime I activate another NIC card or do a service network restart, the default route changes and uses eth1. Is there a command to lock down routes to use certain NIC eth cards?

Many thanks

michaelk · 09-17-2012, 08:11 PM

Here is how to configure a static route.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-linux-565828/

Can you explain how your network is configured? In a nutshell 169.254.0.0/16 is a reserved network. Basically if no DHCP server exists on your private LAN an IP is automatically assigned in the 169.254.0.0 range when the computer boots.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_co...ion_networking

It is also known as link-local or APIPA.