[ILUG] static routing

[Kenn Humborg]

> ok..I've rtfm'ed and I still can't find an answer. Just for the hell of it
> I included an entry to the routing table (using route add ...) to explicity
> state that packets sent to gonzo.ie are routed through lo. (gonzo.ie being
> the name of the local host). On a reboot I find that when I do a netstat -rn
> the device for gonzo.ie is set to eth0!!! I've tested this a few times.
> 
> Does anyone know what changes the table and why? A simple yes answer will not do!

What distribution?  Different distributions store the network 
configuration stuff in different places.

And let's see the output of netstat -rn.

Kenn