Static Routes How to Guide
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Overview
The Swivel appliance CMI allows one static route to be added, however subsequent static routes may need to be added manually. This is why you only see the Display Route option available on the appliance CMI if you already have a route configured.
View the routing table
From the CMI, select Advanced Menu > Admin > Networking > IPs & Routing > Diagnostics > Routing table
Add a Static Route
Swivel appliance 2.0.14
From the CMI, select Advanced Menu > Networking > IPs & Routing > Change Appliance Routing > Add a route
The following information is required:
- Address : The destination address
- Netmask : The network subnet mask for the address e.g. 255.255.255.0
- Gateway : The gateway address to be used
Press return when complete
To view a current route select Display route.
Multiple static routes
This option should only be used when multiple static route are required. Connect to the Swivel appliance using WinSCP How To Guide.
Then navigate to the following file on the appliance using WinSCP:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-eth0
Edit this file by right clicking on it and selecting Edit.
You should see the route that you've already defined exists under the ADDRESS0, NETMASK0, GATEWAY0 entries. Add another set of values underneath as provided in the example below using ADDRESS1, NETMASK1, GATEWAY1 entries:
ADDRESS0=10.10.10.0
NETMASK0=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY0=192.168.0.1
ADDRESS1=172.16.1.0
NETMASK1=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY1=192.168.0.1
Save the file and restart networking through the command line or CMI
service network restart
Static Routes on different interfaces
create a routing file for the required network e.g. route-eth1, route-eth2
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts touch route-eth1
Edit the file with vi or WinSCP with the required parameters, for example:
ADDRESS0=192.168.0.0
NETMASK0=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY0=192.168.0.1
Save the file and restart networking through the command line or CMI
service network restart
Create a static route on a separate interface
create a routing file for the required network e.g. route-eth1 or route-eth2
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts touch route-eth1
Edit the file with vi or WinSCP with the required parameters, for example:
ADDRESS0=0.0.0.0
NETMASK0=0.0.0.0
GATEWAY0=192.168.0.1
Save the file and restart networking through the command line or CMI
service network restart
Verifying routes
the following commands are of use in verifying routes
route netstat -r
to test if a route can be reached using traceroute
traceroute 192.168.0.1
Known Issues
If the delete route option is run from within the CMI menu, all routes are deleted.
Troubleshooting
View the /var/log/messages file as this may include network issues such as invalid format for the route or of the network is unreachable.
