Sanjiv,
I'm new at Linux and just starting to get my feet wet with routing, but I
just went through the same thing you're going through now. I can provide
you with basic information, hopefully others can provide more detailed
info. You should post the versions of Linux and ppp you're using. Your
log files could also help identify a/the problem.
1. I've heard of default routes and I've heard of gateways, but never a
default gateway.
2. ppp runs on both your machine and the machine you connect to. When you
refer to 'server', do you mean your machine, or the machine you're
connecting to?
3. I'll assume you're using ppp to connect to the Internet. If your
default route doesn't point to the Internet after you've establised a ppp
connection, packets destined for the Internet don't know where to go. This
includes packets from ping if you're tring to ping an Internet address.
4. Do you have muliple networks on your LAN (is routing taking place on
your LAN)? If so, you may have a default route pointing to something
(host, router) on your LAN, which you may need when you don't have a ppp
session running. If so, leave that configuration alone and configure ppp
so it becomes the default route only when there's a ppp connection. If you
do this, and you still want full access to your LAN while you're connected
via ppp, you may need to setup static routes on your machine pointing to
your LAN.
Hope this helps, good luck,
Jeff
At 01:19 PM 4/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I am using ppp on a machine that has an ethernet card hooked up to a local
>network. The default gateway is setup as the same IP address of the server
>the PPP is running on.
>
>When I run ppp-on it dials and seems to open a stable connection that shows
>up when I run ifconfig. I am almost certain that the PAP/CHAP
>authentication also works (How can I be sure ??)
>
>For some reason I can't even do a ping.
>
>I used the defaultroute option.So, I looked at the log. It says defaultroute
>NOT turned on. Why ??? I can't even ping the outside world even though the
>connection seems to be successful.
>
>Please help !!!
>
>Thanks
>
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