[plug] eth0 and ppp

[russ]

Thanks to Jamie, Beau, and Greg!

I have my gateway machine running with both eth0 and ppp and happily
masqing for this machine.

Thanks again for all the help.
russ




Greg Mildenhall wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, russ wrote:
> > I assume I'd have to set the default route in route.config?
> I doubt it - you'll want it somewhere in your ppp-specific configs, not
> the general ones, as they'll (probably) be read only at boottime.
> 
> > I guess my question now is how do you set the default for a ppp
> > connection when you don't have a static ip address?
> That shouldn't be a factor. Adding defaultroute to your ppp config or
> commandline should do the trick, then ppp will add the route itself once
> the device exists and has an IP.
> 
> > To answer your questions, I assume the configuration is done at boot
> > time?
> Your eth should be configured at boot time, yes. It should have a route
> for your local network, but should not have a default route unless their
> is an internet gateway on your network.
> 
> > I use ifconfig to enable the ethernet card after I'm done using the ppp
> > connection.
> You really should use your distributions startup scripts to do that. Go
> through the network setup menus again, and make sure it knows about your
> eth. That way it will set up your eth at boottime and hopefully your ppp
> device will not interfere with it. Of course, you need to make sure you
> use a valid IP range for your network, such as network 192.168.0.0,
> netmask 255.255.255.0.
> 
> > I set up the ppp connections by hand using the ppp howto and run the
> > ppp-up script to start the connection.
> I'm sure your distribution has a preconfigured way to do ppp. You should
> use that if you can. Someone familiar with Suse should be able to tell you
> how.
> 
> -Greg