[plug] Default Route, ppp, LAN

[Marc Wiriadisastra]

I think under debian its under the etc and your ppp scripts.  Can't 
remember I always have driver issues everytime I install debian so I 
just don't bother anymore.

Sorry I can't be more help


Tim White wrote:

>Sorry. This is Debian 3.0r1 (Knoppix 3.4 hd-install)
>Tim
>On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 20:38, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
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>>Create 2 separate connections and make the default gw as part of the 
>>connection.
>>
>>I run Fedora which is basically red-hat.  So for me where the "script" 
>>is for my network connection I have eth0 and then another eth1 
>>connection.   Since I use a laptop my only problem is drivers.  However 
>>that seemed to work for me.
>>
>>e.g. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
>>Thats where the network scripts are on my system.
>>The two files are:
>>ifcfg-eth0
>>ifcfg-eth1
>>ifcfg-ppp0
>>ifcfg-lo
>>
>>I don't know what system so I can sorta help any further since some or 
>>most systems are different and similar in there own way.
>>
>>Tim White wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi. I normally access the net through a gateway on the LAN. Occasionally
>>>I need to dialup myself (e.g. When I am not on the LAN or I am testing a
>>>different server)
>>>When I dialup if eth0 is still up with the default route set to point at
>>>the gateway then ppp0 can't set it's self as the default route and I
>>>can't access the internet through ppp0.
>>>If I bring eth0 down then ppp0 up then eth0 up it also fails[1] as it
>>>appears to be trying to get it's DNS from a non existent server on the
>>>LAN rather than the ISP.[2]
>>>I want it to be able to stay on the LAN while connected to the net so
>>>that I may also be able to share the connection with the LAN.
>>>This is similar to a problem I am having with a temporary gateway. So
>>>that it can act as a gateway I can't set the default route to the LAN
>>>gateway.
>>>Thanks
>>>Tim
>>>
>>>[1]
>>>Kernel IP routing table
>>>Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
>>>Iface
>>>211.29.214.254  *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0
>>>ppp0
>>>192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0
>>>eth0
>>>default         dw              0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
>>>eth0
>>>default         211.29.214.254  0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
>>>ppp0
>>>Kernel IP routing table
>>>Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
>>>Iface
>>>welax13.optusne *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0
>>>ppp0
>>>default         welax13.optusne 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
>>>ppp0
>>>
>>>[2]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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