On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:54:29 +1300 (NZDT) Andre Renaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt > Iface > ... > > This line here: > > 0.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 > eth1 > > is basically saying that the default route is to go to eth1, the 10.0.0.1 > card. I'm assuming (anyone know the correct answer here?) that pppd does > not override the default route if it sees that you already have one. The > simplest solution is probably to find your ethernet config setup (what > distro are you using) and remove the default route setting for eth1. You > can do this temporarily till the next reboot by running: > route del -net default gw 10.0.0.1 > > Andre > this is going in circles. i think that conclusion was reached yesterday, or so. no criticism of you Andre :-) volker's posts were most informative on problems with pppd not setting a default route if one was already present. several people commented that there was no need for a default route on Andy's lan anyway and why not just ditch it, leaving pppd to do the Right Thing. Next question will be: how do i stop my networking scripts setting a default route on eth0/1. Answer is distro specific, rtfm??? or read the scripts? or the config files? > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
