title: Default gateway in /etc/network/interfaces is simply ignored
body: <p>Hi there i have a problem with my linux virtual machine</p>
  
  <p><strong>Structure:</strong>
  I am using a dedicated server from "Online.net" with an extra ip address.
  On the server i have installed esxi 5.1.
  For the people who want to know what server it is: <a href="http://www.dell.com/fr/entreprise/p/poweredge-r210-2/pd" rel="nofollow">http://www.dell.com/fr/entreprise/p/poweredge-r210-2/pd</a>
  The vm on the esxi server is a clean Ubuntu 12.04 (I just installed it)</p>
  
  <p><strong>Problem:</strong>
  Every time i restart the server, my network connection is not set correct. I need to do a few extra steps to get it to work. That results in the following: Every time i reboot the server it hangs for like 1:30 minutes because it cannot find the correct network settings.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Technical:</strong>
  To get pinging to an ip address to work i need to do this:
  Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>route add 62.210.123.1 dev eth0
  route add default gw 62.210.123.1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Otherwise it just says: Network is unreachable
  After that to get it fully functional i need to do this:
  Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>nano /etc/resolv.conf
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and add: nameserver 8.8.8.8
  and after that:
  Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>service networking restart
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Everything works now.</p>
  
  <p>My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this:
  Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>auto lo
  iface lo inet loopback
  
  auto eth0
  iface eth0 inet static
       address 212.83.168.209
       netmask 255.255.255.0
       network 212.83.168.0
       broadcast 212.83.168.255
       gateway 62.210.123.1
       dns-nameservers 62.210.16.6 62.210.16.7
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Beg:</strong>
  Can someone please help me with this issue. I am having this problem for almost 2 days now. Getting a bit desperate :P</p>