====== Bad default route ====== * If you have deleted a default route, and it reappear without any intervention, check the /etc/niminfo once the default route is correct, then restart nimsh. * Check the attribute of the device inet0, and delete all unused routes, or all routes and redefine the default with smitty tcpip --> Minimum ... [root@aixsrv]/root# lsattr -El inet0 authm 65536 Authentication Methods True bootup_option no Use BSD-style Network Configuration True gateway Gateway True hostname aixsrv Host Name True rout6 IPv6 Route True route net,-hopcount,0,-active_dgd,0,10.1.0.254 Route True route net,-hopcount,0,,0,128.19.30.1 Route True route net,-hopcount,0,,0,10.1.0.254 Route True route net,,0,128.19.30.1 Route True [root@aixsrv]/root# chdev -l inet0 -a delroute="net,,0,,0,10.1.0.254" [root@aixsrv]/root# chdev -l inet0 -a delroute="net,,0,,0,10.1.0.254" [root@aixsrv]/root# chdev -l inet0 -a delroute="net,,0,,0,128.19.30.1" [root@aixsrv]/root# chdev -l inet0 -a delroute="net,,0,,0,128.19.30.1" * Check into ODM [root@aixsrv]/root# odmget -q name=inet0 CuAt CuAt: name = "inet0" attribute = "hostname" value = "aixsrv" type = "R" generic = "DU" rep = "s" nls_index = 24 CuAt: name = "inet0" attribute = "route" value = "net,-hopcount,0,,0,128.19.30.1" type = "R" generic = "DU" rep = "s" nls_index = 0 * Check in the file /etc/rc.net, if you detect something suspect, then comment it [root@aixsrv]/root# cat /etc/rc.net | grep -v "^#" * Add now net route [root@aixsrv]/root# chdev -l inet0 -a route=net,-hopcount,0,,0,[ip address of default gateway] or attach to en interface [root@aixsrv]/root# chdev -l inet0 -a route=net,-hopcount,0,if,enX,,0,[ip address of default gateway]