The following table shows how to specify a default gateway for the system at 172.16.0.254.

To specify the default gateway, perform the following steps in configuration mode.

vyatta@R1# set protocols static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 172.16.0.254

vyatta@R1# commit

vyatta@R1# show protocols static

route 0.0.0.0/0 {  
     next-hop 172.16.0.254
}