Drew Parsons wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 12:30:36PM -0700, Michael Perry wrote: > > Hi all-
> > when we dial a ISP while on the road the ethernet connection requires us to > > remove it by issuing the command in /etc/pcmcia. After this, the ppp > > connection sets up a default route correctly to a mindspring. Actually, it isn't necessary to down the Ethernet connection, just remove the default route. That is what I do, and this permits the PPP connection to establish a new default route while still using the eth0 connection to access the local network. > > > > At home, I have both an eth0 and a ppp connection and it works correctly. It's quite possible that at home, you don't have a default route. Unless you have another machine at home that has some type of connection to the outside, and you actively use this from your laptop, then you wouldn't have a default route. If you have a default route already, then the PPP connection will not override it (this is documented, as has already been noted in this thread). --Greg
