Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 03:59:24 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Jerry Bell" <jerry@reillyplating.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange ppp -alias problem/feature? Message-ID: <199708010259.DAA04661@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Jul 1997 08:16:30 EDT." <199707311222.HAA26602@dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com>
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> I have ppp set up on a FBSD box running 2.2.2. I can connect to the
> Internet using IP aliasing and everything works great, except one thing:
> if the ppp connection to the Internet is saturated (ie. downloading
> something big), other computers on the network (via the LAN not PPP) have
> to wait for a packet to make it out on the ppp device and come back before
> the BSD box will allow the connection.
>
> Obviously, the address of the ppp device (actuall tun0) is the default
> gateway for this box. As far as I can tell, (and I can't find much in the
> way of documentation on this) the routes are tried in order, from lowest
> network to highest. Is this correct?
If there's a specific route for a packet, it'll go there, otherwise
it'll go to the default. What does netstat -rn say when the link is
up ?
[.....]
> Thank you,
>
> Jerry Bell
> MIS
> Reilly Plating Company / M-Lok, Inc.
> Jerry@reillyplating.com
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