further to that, you might like to look at the file:
/usr/share/doc/initscripts<version>/sysconfig.txt
where you will need to establish <version> by poking around in your own
filesystem
>> Hi there,
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> Chris, why do you have a default route to your lan? as i have said:
>>>
>>> your distro will have quite simple gui tools to say whether or not eth0
>>> should set up a default route
>>>
>>> your distro will have quite simple gui tools to say whether or not ppp
>>> should set up a default route
>>>
>>> what do those tools say?
>>
>> Yes, Mandrake has drakconnect, which is run from within Mandrake Control
>> Center, or from console as root. That allows one to setup all network
>> devices, and then select which is to be used as the default internet
>> gateway. My issue with drakconnect is that when you click 'Finish' or
>> 'Apply' to use the new settings it gracefully freezes, and does not
>> respond to anything but a 'kill'. Then the settings for eth0 and the
>> modem may be garbled, and the default route remains eth0, which of
>> course only connects to my 'mini-net' (my laptop!).
>>
>
> sorry did not realise drakconnect was giving problems. I see that presents
> a difficulty.
>
>
>> I can currently only get internet via my modem by disabling LAN from
>> the BIOS.
>
> Should be no need to disable in bios. Try
>
> service network stop (as root)
>
> to stop eth0, which should disable its default route. when you stop the
> modem and want the lan again
>
> service network start
>
> Of course this is not a permanent fix, just an easier way of disabling the
> lan in the meantime.
>
> Alternatively you can use the route command to set and disable all routes.
> Again not a permanent fix.
>
>
>> I can enable the LAN, and not use drakconnect to configure
>> it (it works with SMB anyway), but then eth0 will become the default
>> gateway to the internet. Somehow drakconnect gets upset when I try to
>> tell it to specify the modem to be the default net gateway...
>
> Now on a more permanent basis, without using drakconnect, look in
> /etc/sysconfig. There is likely to be a file in there relating to eth0, in
> which it should be possible to set an environment variable to tell the box
> not to set a default route on eth0 coming up. I am working from an old
> version of redhat, which has the same origins as mandrake, but I suspect
> there are some changes from what I am looking at. However look for a file
> named something like /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. On this
> redhat box I am looking at that file is read by
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup, which in turn has these lines:
>
> # Set a default route.
> if [ -z "${GATEWAYDEV}" -o "${GATEWAYDEV}" = "${REALDEVICE}" ]; then
> # set up default gateway
> if [ -n "${GATEWAY}" -a "`ipcalc --network ${GATEWAY} ${NETMASK}
> 2>/dev/
> null`" = "NETWORK=${NETWORK}" ]; then
> ip route add default via ${GATEWAY}
> DEFGW=${GATEWAY}
> elif [ "${GATEWAYDEV}" = "${DEVICE}" ]; then
> ip route add default dev ${REALDEVICE}
> fi
> fi
>
> I am very poor at reading bash scripts but this seems to tell me that the
> setting of a default route is dependent on the settings of the GATEWAYDEV
> and REALDEVICE settings in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> file. Personally I would fiddle with the GATEWAYDEV setting and bring the
> eth0 up and down a few times (with the service command as above) and see
> if it continues setting the default route. back up the file before you
> play with it. And look for differences in the more up to date mandrake
> system that you have.
>
>
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
