On Friday 17 November 2000 06:56 pm, you wrote: > > My pppd won't connect properly in non-root mode because it has to > authenticate itself because I have a default route to the internet (eth0) ================================================== Look in /etc/ppp/options for a line saying "auth" if it's there, comment it out. If it's not there add a line saying "noauth" <all the above without quotes>. This has worked well for me through several different Distro's and Mandrake in particular since 7.0. ================================================== > when I type in "route" I get the usual routing information and at the > bottom it says: > > default [blah blah] eth0 > > My connection dials up and works FINE if I remove the default using "route > del default" but I don't want to have to do this every time. > > ------- > My question: > > Where in the startup is Linux being told that I want eth0 to be my default > route? And how do I STOP it being told that? > ------- =================================================== There is a place in kppp setup that you can use to set the default rout. I don't remember where just off the top of my head <ppp, Ithink> =================================================== > It's a pain having to change to root and removing eth0 as the default > whenever I want to connect to the internet... especially since I don't want > eth0 to be the default at ANY time. 8-) ==================================================== Alternativly, you may be able to use linuxconf -> routes to other networks to set it up. ==================================================== -- Ken Thompson Electrocom Computer Services Payette, Idaho (208) 642-7101 (888) 642-7101
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