[plug] slhc

[John Summerfield]

> 
> I have specified ppp0 as the interface to use but still no-go.  (I
> would have thought traceroute would consult the routing table to
> decide which interface to use for a specified host.)  Interestingly,
> when I ping (eg. ping -f) ifconfig shows the counter of packets
> transmitted from the ppp0 interface to increase, so perhaps it is not
> an (outgoing) routing problem after all.  Perhaps the ISP doesn't know
> how to send packets back to me.  But why on earth not?  I can use the
> same account on the same ISP from my Windoze machine with no problems.
>  Gah, how annoying.

If the ping packets fo out through your modem, along Telstra's wire to 
your IAP, in through his modem (or router) and all the way back, be sure 
the routing is working that far.

What doesn't seem to be working is your default route, and that looked 
okay to me as far as I could check it.



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