From: "Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I'm not familiar with this tap0 type of interface > > Now that you mention it, neither do I. I certainly don't remember Me neither, but I thought it was obsolete - there's a kernel config parameter for Tap or EtherTap... > putting it there. Would that perhaps be a Linux module or a Debian > package that could have put it there? Is there a database of all such > interfaces explaning their meanings, usages and origins? > > > > up the ppp interface. You don't have to take eth0 down, just remove > > the existing default route prior to pon. This will allow ppp to set > > the default route to the ppp0 interface. > > Hmm... since this is a machine to be used by a layman, I guess I should > do something to make pon do that by itself. Perhaps a script in > /etc/ppp/ip-up? > > > > Will having a default route to ppp0 solve your routing problem. Or, > > I guess not, because that notebook will be used now and then on > Ethernet... or will poff kill the default route when needed? It _should_ be automatic. I use ppp once a week, and ethernet the rest of the time. When I bring up ppp it always overrides the default route. The ppp config parameter is something obscure like "defaultroute" :-) derek
