And because i feel lucky today, (0n a Friday the 13th, that looks kind of odd), here’s another how-to. This is how I added a static route on some Xserves. ide

Simple solution: route -n add 10.0.0.0/8 10.16.3.254 ui

Permanent solution: Add a startup item (to avoid doing the above command every reboot) spa

cd /System/Library/StartupItems
mkdir AddRoutes
cd AddRoutes ip

Create a file called AddRoutes (note: same as the folder name)
vi AddRoutes it

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#!/bin/sh io

# Set static routing tables table

. /etc/rc.common route

StartService ()
{
if [ “${ADDROUTES:=-NO-}” = “-YES-” ]; then
ConsoleMessage “Adding Static Routing Table”
sudo route -nv add 10.0.0.0/8 10.16.3.254
fi
} file

StopService ()
{
return 0
} command

StopService ()
{
return 0
}

RestartService ()
{
return 0
}

RunService “$1″
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Then create a file StartupParameters.plist
——————
{
Description = “Add static routing tables”;
Provides = (”AddRoutes”);
Requires = (”Network”);
OrderPreference = “None”;
}
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Then change permissions:
chmod 755 AddRoutes StartupParameters.plist

Reboot your computer. Verify with netstat -nr