Why "GATEWAY will be ignored when DEFROUTE is disabled" message is outputed in /var/log/messages?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The following message may be seen in the /var/log/messages file:

NetworkManager[xxxx]: ifcfg-rh: GATEWAY will be ignored when DEFROUTE is disabled

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0-8.6(NetworkManager-1.36.0-4.el8)
  • NetworkManager

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