yes its been lingering in my mind as to why exactly there is a default route set before the gateway to the outside world goes up?
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:40:48 +1300 David Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can make this work by not setting a default route on the ethernet > side. The route table for the local network will be OK. Then wvdial will > set the correct default route when ppp0 is up. > > Dave Watson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Volker Kuhlmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 22 October 2003 5:51 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Networking issue > > > the option 'defaultroute' can be entered in the /etc/ppp/options > > file to make all packets use ppp0 by default once the connection > > is up. > > Wrong. It won't work like you expect, it'll simply do nothing. (And I > bet it's already in there.) > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in > header > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings > to me. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
