Comment out the GATEWAY line in /etc/sysconfig/network
Then route del default


Dan

On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Stuart Norman wrote:

> I installed Red Hat 5.1 a few days ago and set up my ppp connection 
> with Network Configurator. My previous version of Linux was Red Hat 
> 4.2, so I'm familiar with setting up ppp and have had no problems. 
> Also, I don't have any special hardware/software configurations. I'm 
> able to connect to my ISP and it reports back the correct IP address, 
> but no thruput. Messages file reports "PPP cannot override default 
> route." I found that I can make it work by typing "route add default 
> ppp0" at the prompt, but only if I'm connected, otherwise it reports 
> a "SIOCADDRT device not capable", and the command only lasts thru the 
> session. The only information I can find in the LDP and Net3-HOWTO is 
> that some versions of Linux have been configured with eth0 as the 
> default device, as was Red Hat 5.1, and that this problem has been 
> reported, but no details on how to solve it.  I do have an ethernet 
> card and LAN Intranet. I've tried all kinds of configurations
> 
> How can I set a permanent default route? 
> 
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