From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 22 16:38:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA16571 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:38:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA16566 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:38:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA25005; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:38:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:38:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Anthony Hill cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Networking w FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Anthony Hill wrote: > > I am just installing a new 2.2.1 system, but am having some problems with > the networking. The machine is to be a gateway connected to the Internet > via ppp and to a local ethernet network. > > The first problem is that I have to manually insert a default route using > ppp's add command every time I connect. I have a "0 0 HISADDR" line in > ppp.linkup, but it does not seem to make any difference. When I type > > ppp ON> add 0 0 203.63.80.130 <- being the addr of the router I dial into ppp.linkup never worked for me either, probably because I have it set up wrong. AFter you link up (and get PPP ON host>) type add 0 0 HISADDR That should make the necessary default route. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major