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 -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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