Now I have emerged iproute2 and I can give also the last answer > route -n > > and what does ip show: > > ip link show dev eth0
route add default gw 192.168.1.1 Bureau cahn # route -n Table de routage IP du noyau Destination Passerelle Genmask Indic Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 Bureau cahn # ip link show dev eth0 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000 link/ether 00:1e:8c:4a:44:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff