jtd wrote: > On Sunday 10 Aug 2008 17:36, km wrote: > >>> route del default gw 192.168.whatever . >>> route add defalut gw <ip of ppp0> > >> AFAIR, after doing a >> # route del default gw >> I did not find the /etc/network/interfaces file in place; it just >> disappeared! (is this expected? could not understand that from the >> man page on route`.) > > No. route addition / deletion does not affect the interface file or > the current ip. > >> However, I had a backup copy (incidentally a much older, cleaner >> backup :P ) of the interfaces file that i restored. And things >> seemed workable henceforth. >> >> Although, this seems to be a pretty dirty way of getting around a >> problem and i am still foxed as to what was a proper systematic >> approach to solve it. I am reading up on this, and will surely >> catch up pretty soon. > > usually in pppconfig there is an Advanced - Defaultroute option. you > should enable defaultroute. > Or simply edit /etc/ppp/peers/<your ppp config-name file> and add a > the word defaultroute on a new line. > > One can of course do all sorts of things by adding appropriate scripts > in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/ > > > Thanks, thats helpful. Is this also applicable to wvdial as i use that to connect?
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