Edit /etc/netmasks and put your desired subnet mask there. For your gateway use /etc/defaultrouter. You may have to create the file defaultrouter if it's not already present. I don't have an F box so you shouldn't trust me, but I believe the procedure is the same. Duc On Mon, December 24, 2007 10:25 pm, Kashif Ijaz wrote: > > > I have changed the subnet mask and default gateway on my 2nd Ethernet port > on AW51B style machine with I/A version 4.3. I used the /etc/route command > to change the default gateway. > > My intended subnet mask is 255.255.255.224 > > But when the machine reboots it loses both it's setting. > > How to make these changes permanent. > > Also is the procedure same for the AW51F running I/A version 7.1.1 > > Regards, > > Kashif Ijaz > Senior Design & Application Engineer > INTECH Process Automation. _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave