[TAG] Re: [LG 99] 2c Tips #9

[Thomas Adam]

 --- Jack Sprat <trashcan at chilitech.com> wrote: 

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> On RedHat/Fedora, if only the subnet your computer is part of needs to 
> be accessed over the LAN card, I believe this simple trick will work. If
> 
> not, it is easy to undo.
> 
> On set up of the network, simply do not enter an IP for the gateway. If 
> this is already configured then shut down your network 
> (/etc/rc.d/init/.d/network stop) and remove the "GATEWAY" line from 

No need to shut it down, just do:

route del default gw <IP_ADDR>

You'll need to be root to do it.

-- Thomas Adam

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