FreeBSD save default route with gateway on different subnet

Asked Aug 23 '16 at 07:13

Active Aug 23 '16 at 09:33

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I'm trying to set up a default gateway which is not on the same subnet of my freebsd (freenas) machine. According to THIS article, there is way :

route add -host <<GW_IP>> -link eth0 -iface
route add default -ifa <<eth0ip>> <<GW_IP>>

However , appereantly, these commands are not persistent. In fact everytime I service netif restart my changes get lost. How can I make these changes permanent?

EDIT

Here is the output of netstat -rn after route add commands

When I restart netif, the first two entries get removed.

edited Aug 23 '16 at 09:33

asked Aug 23 '16 at 07:13

Aaron Ullal

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You might take a look at [this linked Q&A](http://serverfault.com/questions/355929/) – HBruijn Aug 23 '16 at 07:58
I've looked into it, but it's not solving my problem – Aaron Ullal Aug 23 '16 at 09:04
Could anyone explain how host and it's default gateway could be not on the same subnet? that beats me... – user1700494 Aug 23 '16 at 09:13
@user1700494 I have e static public IP assigned to vm in the cloud. The gateway is not on the same subnet. – Aaron Ullal Aug 23 '16 at 09:19
Pls post output of `ifconfig` and `netstat -rn` – user1700494 Aug 23 '16 at 09:24
@user1700494 see edit :) thank you for your time! – Aaron Ullal Aug 23 '16 at 11:58

FreeBSD save default route with gateway on different subnet

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