Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 07:55:43 -0500 (EST) From: P Lynch <lynch@rush.net> To: "Numard (Norberto Meijome)" <numard@smartmedia.com.ar> Cc: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu>, Richard Savage <r.savage@dial.pipex.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP and Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980707075407.12461H-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <35A17FC1.1DC2BE4E@smartmedia.com.ar>
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FreeBSD user ppp is NOT linux pppd now that we have that straight, thats exactly what someone was saying, the "delete ALL" actually clears the existing routes and add 0 0 HISADDR adds the default route. ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Numard (Norberto Meijome) wrote: > > > > It sounds like you're not adding any routes when PPP goes up. If you're > > using dynamic IP addressing, make sure you have a block in your ppp.linkup > > file that looks like: > > > > provider: > > delete ALL > > add 0 0 HISADDR > > > > If you're doing all of this interactively, once you've connected and > > entered packet mode, type: > > > > delete ALL > > add 0 0 HISADDR > > > > At the PPP prompt to get a gateway of last resort (default route) going. > > Tehn you should be able to navigate around the Internet just fine. > hi! > i dunno with FreeBSD, but with linux, one of the params to pppd is > "routedefault", that'll make pppd set the default routing and all that > stuff. the only thing you have to remember about is (if you have any > defaultroute BEFORE connecting to the outsideworld) is to delete this > route BEFORE dialing up, becose pppd won't set it up if there's another > default route set up. > -- > Norberto Meijome (a) Numard, (a) Beto | ICQ # 15032073 > * Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to > be very selective about who it decides to make friends with. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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