On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:44:57 +1030 "Brian Schroeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> I use kppp at home to dial my ISP.  After upgrading from Mandrake 8.2
> to 9.0, I found my internet connection didn't work.  I checked my
> firewall rules, resolv.conf, all messages files, etc. and couldn't
> see anything wrong.
> 
> I eventually discovered that the default route was not being set to
> point to my ISP, and I had to set it manually.  This is something
> that always worked in previous versions, but doesn't work in mdk9.0.

Sounds like you may not have "defaultroute" in your /etc/ppp/options --
see "man pppd"

> Now that I know what the problem is, I can set it quite easily each
> time, although it is a nuisance.  But other family members (who DON'T
> know the root password, and are not so computer literate) would not
> be able to do this.  (Yes, I know I could create a suid script for
> them, or something similar, but I don't really want to do this kind
> of hack.)
> 
> Is this a bug, or is it just a configuration issue?  If the latter,
> what should I do?
> 
> Brian Schroeder
> 
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