Right. Here's another New Feature bundled with 2.3.9 that does not
require an option to activate.
I run the modem pool software at umkc.edu, and in general my default
route
is out the ethernet line. I bring up the modem to test the dialin pool,
without bringing down my ethernet.
There are other configurations imaginable where one would have a default
route
to the LAN but still want to connect to a remote modem pool AS A
CLIENT. For
instance you are defeating a corporate firewall by using a modem for
direct
access. (I've seen this sort of thing at Sprint.)
With 2.3.8 (and previous) I am able to bring up ppp and have it replace
the
ethernet line as my outgoing link, which actually improves performance
for me when
the ethernet is busy since I wind up only using it for incoming packets.
2.3.9 sees I have a default route and incorrectly assumes that I am a
modem pool
instead of a client.
Paul Mackerras wrote:
>
> Catalin BOIE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > If I ran pppd-2.3.8 from shell, it gives me:
> > sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xe0361859> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> > but pppd-2.3.9 gives me:
> > sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0x73fe202b> <pcomp>
><accomp>]
> >
> > As you can see, PAP is not an option in 2.3.9. It's enabled by default!
>
> Probably you have a default route already. If you have a default
> route, pppd requires the peer to authenticate itself. The point is
> that if you already have a route to a particular IP address, pppd will
> only let the peer use that address if it has authenticated itself. A
> default route is a route to every IP address, so if you have a default
> route, the peer can't use any IP address without authenticating
> itself.
>
> If you are using pppd to connect to an ISP, it is almost always
> because you don't have a connection to the internet already. :-)
> In that case, you should not have a default route, and then pppd won't
> ask your ISP to authenticate itself. If you have a default route
> which can't get you to any IP address on the internet, then your setup
> is broken.
>
> To check if you have a default route, do `route -n'.
>
> Paul.
>
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