how to change my gateway

[Rashkae]

stin wang wrote:
> i make some mistake about my gateway setting,it should be set to
> 172.18.20.126, but i enter as 172.18.20.64
> 
> so i want to correct it.
> 
> first method i tried, i use gui to change it ,and i restart network ,but
> route is still 172.18.20.64
> 2 method i tried, sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
> 
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 172.18.20.87
> netmask 255.255.255.224
> gateway 172.18.20.64
> 
> auto eth0
> 
> i change gateway to 172.18.20.126 and then
> sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
> but it said siccaddrt:no such process
> failed to bring up eth0
> 
> how to fix it
> 
> 

There's probably a proper debian way to do it.  In a pinch, a restart
should fix it once you've made the changes to the config file.  But
there's always good ol' fashioned way

sudo route add default gw 172.18.20.126