Permanent Static Route Mac Os X 10.4.0

[tiburm]

Hi friends, i want to know how I can put a static route in my system MAC OS X 10.4.0 when i restart my computer.

TXS

[Giaguara]

Would these be of any help?

http://www.macosx.com/forums/archive...p/t-13926.html
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archiv...p/t-33745.html

To add a static route e.g.:

sudo route -nv add -net 192.168 -interface en0

To avoid having to do this everytime you reboot:

cd /System/Library/StartupItems
sudo cp -R NetworkExtensions NetworkLocal
cd NetworkLocal
sudo mv NetworkExtensions NetworkLocal
sudo vi NetworkLocal

- replace the startup section with the comand above:

#!/bin/sh

##
# Load network kernel modules
##

. /etc/rc.common

StartService ()
{
ConsoleMessage "Loading Network Local"
route -nv add -net 192.168 -interface en0
}

StopService ()
{
return 0
}

RestartService ()
{
return 0
}

RunService "$1"
sudo vi StartupParameters.plist

-- edit it to get

{
Description = "Network Local";
Provides = ("NetworkLocal");
Requires = ("Network");
OrderPreference = "None";
}

cd Resources/English.lproj
sudo vi Localizable.strings

-- edit it to get:

(?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?)
(!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/PropertyList.dtd")
(plist version="0.9")
(dict>
(key>Loading Network Local(/key)
(string>Loading Network Local(/string)
(/dict)
(/plist)

You could also edit the Network startup file and add the single line but that could get replaced if system is upgraded.

[roarkh]

First I would like to thank Giaguara for the previous post, it has helped me more than any other I could find in setting up a persistant static route on Tiger.

I did run into a few gotchas that may have to do with changes Apple has made with updates or just unknown differences in our installations so I thought I would post my method in the hopes that it might help someone else.

I am assuming that anyone digging this deep into the system has probably enabled the root user so everything that follows assumes that you have opened a Terminal and typed 'su' to become root. Of course be very careful whenever doing anything as root on your system.

The first problem I ran into was that there was no /System/Library/StartupItems/NetworkExtensions on my system so I did not start with a copy of something Apple provided as Giaguara did.

So here we go...

cd /Library/StartupItems

I believe that /Library/StartupItems is a more correct location for 3rd party (non Apple) startup scripts so I am putting mine there instead of /System/Library/StartupItems.

mkdir AddRoutes
cd AddRoutes

Use your favorite editor (I recommend vi or nano) to create a file named "AddRoutes" containing the following being careful to replace the (in blue) "route" command with your route:

#!/bin/sh

# Set up static routing tables 
# Roark Holz, Thursday, April 6, 2006

. /etc/rc.common

StartService ()
{
        ConsoleMessage "Adding Static Routing Tables"
        route add -net 192.168.3.0/24 192.168.0.180
}

StopService ()
{
        return 0
}

RestartService ()
{
        return 0
}

RunService "$1"

Then, create the file "StartupParameters.plist" containing the following:

{
        Description     = "Add static routing tables";
        Provides        = ("AddRoutes");
        Requires        = ("Network");
        OrderPreference = "None";
}

Now we set up the proper permissions:

chmod 755 AddRoutes StartupParameters.plist

That's it. The stuff in "Resources/English.lproj" appears to be unnecessary, at least this works fine on my system (10.4.5 running on an iMac G5).

Reboot your computer and your route should be active. You can verify with a 'netstat -r' command on the Terminal.

Roark Holz

[osxis]

Thank you very much roarkh... I followed step by step the instructions you posted ... but it still doesn't work.
With the netstat -r command I can see the route added in the routing table but when I try to reach the ip or the net tracert doesn't reach it.
Instead if I disable the startupitem and digit in the terminal the route add command it works...
What am I doing wrong or what is the tip ?

I'm going mad with this ... please help me

[roarkh]

I'm not sure why the route would not work if you can see it in the routing table.

I would definitely check the ownership and permissions on everything. Your mileage may vary but I have...

Roark-Holzs-iMac:/Library root# cd /Library
Roark-Holzs-iMac:/Library root# ls -l
--- Stuff Removed ---
 0 drwxr-xr-x     6 root    wheel     204 Apr  6 13:22 StartupItems
--- Stuff Removed ---


Roark-Holzs-iMac:/Library root# cd StartupItems
Roark-Holzs-iMac:/Library/StartupItems root# ls -l
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel  136 Apr  6 12:50 AddRoutes


Roark-Holzs-iMac:/Library/StartupItems root# cd AddRoutes
Roark-Holzs-iMac:/Library/StartupItems/AddRoutes root# ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  292 Apr  6 10:05 AddRoutes
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  127 Apr  6 09:47 StartupParameters.plist


File contents...

Roark-Holzs-iMac:/Library/StartupItems/AddRoutes root# cat AddRoutes
#!/bin/sh

# Set up static routing tables 
# Roark Holz, Thursday, April 6, 2006

. /etc/rc.common

StartService ()
{
        ConsoleMessage "Adding Static Routing Tables"
        route add -net 192.168.3.0/24 192.168.0.180
}

StopService ()
{
        return 0
}

RestartService ()
{
        return 0
}

RunService "$1"


Roark-Holzs-iMac:/Library/StartupItems/AddRoutes root# cat StartupParameters.plist
{
        Description     = "Add static routing tables";
        Provides        = ("AddRoutes");
        Requires        = ("Network");
        OrderPreference = "None";
}

Is all of this similar to what you have?

Roark

[osxis]

Yes everything is equal to that....
I solved it just adding sudo in front of route add and now it works ....

Someone suggested me an alternate method : use login item , but don't have a clue of how to do them.. do you have some hints about them ?

[tiburm]

Hi Roarkh, I need help about the route.

I make in /Library/Startupitems/Addroutes the two files Addroutes and StartupParameters.plist with the same data like the exemple. But when i restart my computer never happen, the static route is not there. In my file Addroutes I put:

StartService ()
{
Console Message "Adding Static Routing Tables"
route add -n 192.168.0.0 192.168.0.10 255.255.0.0
}

with the others parameters, to add my route.

I make the new folder Addroutes in /Library/System/Startupitems, and i see in /System/Library/Startupitems that i haved a folder with the name StaticRoutes with a similiar script.

So my question is:
Where i put Addroutes?
I need remove the folder StaticRoutes in System/Library/Startupitems?

TXS

[andyhargreaves]

Hi

Sorry to revive old threads, but I have tried all the suggestions here and on the other linked threads, and I cannot get any persistent routes at all. Has anyone any tips for making this work?? The routes I am adding do not show up in netstat -r after a reboot. The line I am using in the StartupItems subfolder is

sudo route -nv add -host 191.253.0.0 -netmask 255.255.0.0 -interface 192.157.10.241

I've also tried all variations with and without sudo, and with and without /sbin/route

Thanks

Andy