First of all run the command to enter the default gateway,
route add default gw 10.10.10.100
Then to make sure it survives a reboot, edit the file ‘/etc/sysconfig/network‘ and add the line below. Of course changing the IP address to your default gateway – GATEWAY=10.10.10.100
Rick Donato is a Network Automation Architect/Evangelist and the founder of Packet Coders.
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