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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -x
+
+IF="${1:?"usage: $0 <ether_device> [gateway] "}"
+GATEWAY=$2
+
+TID=`/sbin/ip addr show dev ${IF} | grep -w ${IF}: | cut -d : -f 1`
+
+if [ "${GATEWAY}" = "down" ]; then
+ # delete routing table and policy and exit
+ ## routing table is automatically flushed, so 'route flush' can be removed
+ /sbin/ip route flush table ${TID}
+ ## device has no longer any IP addr, so do not use IPADDR
+ /sbin/ip rule del table ${TID} priority ${TID}
+ /sbin/ip route flush cache
+ echo "remove routing table and policy for ${IF}"
+ exit
+fi
+
+
+# get IP address, network mask, default gateway info
+IPADDR=`/sbin/ip addr show dev ${IF} | grep -w inet | cut -d t -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | cut -d / -f 1`
+NETWORK=`/sbin/ip route show dev ${IF} | grep -w ${IPADDR} | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
+
+if [ -z "${GATEWAY}" ]; then
+ GATEWAY=`/sbin/ip route show dev ${IF} | grep -w default | cut -d ' ' -f 3`
+fi
+if [ -z "${GATEWAY}" ]; then
+ GATEWAY=`/sbin/ip route | grep -w default | cut -d ' ' -f 3`
+ # this may add wrong default route especially on RHEL
+fi
+
+
+# set routing table
+/sbin/ip route add ${NETWORK} dev ${IF} table ${TID}
+/sbin/ip route add default via ${GATEWAY} dev ${IF} table ${TID}
+
+# set routing policy
+/sbin/ip rule add from ${IPADDR} table ${TID} priority ${TID}
+
+/sbin/ip route flush cache
+echo "add routing table and policy for ${IF} on table ${TID}"