Noticed an issue with the latest release of SLES as I was configuring network options in YAST.  The spot where the option for gateway would be was no longer there, and the server was grabbing the wrong gateway.  In case anyone else encounters this and didn’t know, you need to use the route command to add the gateway.

route add default gw mango-gw

adds a default route (which will be  used  if  no  other  route matches).   All  packets  using  this  route  will be gatewayed through “mango-gw”. The device which will actually be used  for that  route depends on how we can reach “mango-gw” – the static route to “mango-gw” will have to be set up before.

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