> Hi there, > > My symptoms: > > Setting up modem for internet, and LAN for SMB sharing with my laptop > is causing bother, as drakconnect (Mandrake network setup tool) will > crash if I setup the modem by itself with the LAN enabled. With the > LAN disabled in the BIOS, the modem setting up works fine, and thats how > I got this email to the CLUG, but enabling the LAN and setting that > up by itself causes the default internet connection to revert to the > LAN. I then setup the modem again, but with the LAN enabled drakconnect > will crash and the default internet gateway reverts back to LAN... > > Catch 22! Anyone have any clues here?
sounds as if its all to do with your default route. try to get the lan to _not_ set eth0 as the default route. In your situation the route on eth0 should only refer to the private subnet on the LAN. without mandrake installed here it is difficult to tell you precisely what buttons to push :-( > > Alternatively can I edit some files manually to redirect anything > Netscape wants to/from ppp0 instead of eth0? > > BTW, the SMB sharing works fine, but with LAN enabled I cannot use > the internet due to the above! Drat... > > -- > Kind regards, > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand. > > >
