Changing default Gateway in Linux SUSE

To change the default route permanently in SuSe Linux, make an entry in/etc/sysconfig/network/routes file.

For example, to make 192.168.10.1 as default route, add the following line into /etc/sysconfig/network/routes file. 

default 192.168.2.1 - -

Using route command:

To route all the traffic via 192.168.1.1 gateway connected via eth1 network interface:

# route add default gw 192.168.1.1 eth1

To view routes configured:

# netstat -rn