In <001601be14a1$4b0bb060$6e0106c0@pumbaa> [log in to unmask] writes:

> Hello Jon Backus,
>
> You may have been able to save yourself a network shutdown by
> using NETTOOL.NET.SYS.  Once within NETTOOL, enter NAMEADDR...and then
> ROUTING...and then GATELIST.  You would most likely see a column that
> indicates a deactivated gateway (router), that is ACTIVE column = "N".  Try
> issuing a GATEUP on the gateway IP address.  As with most things YMMV.
>
> John Backus
> Beechglen Development, Inc.

John(^2 ?);

  We hit the exact same situation; the 'default route' on our 3000 was getting
knocked down when a firewall rebooted nightly. A simple job stream streamed
shortly after the reboot occurs (which does just as John said; runs nettool
and does a gateup command) starts it right back up.

            -Chris (the nospam guy) Bartram