Talk:Static Routing

iproute2 instead of ifconfig
Hello, I think we should encourage the use of sys-apps/iproute2 as it is single interface for all networking configuration. And obsoletes the route, ifconfig. openrc leverage iproute2 if exists. --Alon Bar-Lev 01:52, 19 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Added some iproute2 versions. --Nephros 10:51, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

/etc/conf.d/staticroute
this file is also provided by openrc to add static routes. Can someone add information when this is to be used instead of /etc/conf.d/net setups?

--Nephros 10:51, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Enable IP forwarding
Why no one mention about enabling kernel ip forwarding in order to make the static routing works? People should check that /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward content is '1' and if not: