On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 17:26 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:12:20 +1300 > Paul Parkyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It sounds like pppd (the daemon that runs your modem) is not setting a > default route when it connects, probably because eth0 is setting a default > route via whatever mechanism is bringing it up. > > you need to give pppd the defaultroute option - how you do this will depend > on what front end to pppd you are using, common options are kpppd (in kde) > and some gnome-modem-lights thing. Take a look in the options for where to > add pppd options and see if adding defaultroute helps. > > > > Thanks Nick, I thought I had removed any default routes but on examining /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 there was a gateway address. So all seems OK now. cheers Paul
