Yes it works but I had to put the route command in the /etc/rc2 initialisation script. One strange things happen. The 2nd Ethernet port works fine for some time. Then the connection drops and I cannot ping = remote computer. When I see from "ifconfig -a" The 2nd Ethernet port goes to POINT TO POINT instead of broadcast. Also = My given netmask is not reflected in "ifconfig -a". Same is the case with broadcast address. But still it communicates for a while. Can you help on this. Regards, Kashif Ijaz -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = On Behalf Of Duc M Do Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 7:51 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] How to permanently change the subnet and default gateway for 2nd ethernet port on AW51( B and F styles) 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. =20 =20 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 =20 foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Djoin to unsubscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave =20 _______________________________________________________________________ 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