From b38d7a8865cac1299fed9505c5ea1f29ea5c55c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 16:47:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Show how to define a default route via /etc/rc.conf and using
 route(8).

---
 .../handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml   | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
index 0152f8d244..448f0caf5c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ host2.example.com link#1             UC          0        0
 	machine, so there is no need for the intermediate step
 	of sending traffic to the ISP server.</para>
 
-      <para>As a final note, it is common to use the address <hostid
+      <para>It is common to use the address <hostid
 	  role="ipaddr">X.X.X.1</hostid> as the gateway address for your local
 	network.  So (using the same example), if your local class-C address
 	space was <hostid role="ipaddr">10.20.30</hostid> and your ISP was
@@ -368,6 +368,21 @@ host2.example.com link#1             UC          0        0
 	  </tbody>
 	</tgroup>
       </informaltable>
+
+      <para>You can easily define the default route via the
+	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file.  In our example, on the
+	<hostid>Local2</hostid> machine, we added the following line
+	in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
+
+      <programlisting>defaultrouter="10.20.30.1"</programlisting>
+
+      <para>It is also possible to do it directly from the command
+	line with the &man.route.8; command:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>route add default 10.20.30.1</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>For more informations on manual manipulation of network
+	routing tables, consult &man.route.8; manual page.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2>