john, thanks for your patience and your help. purged ppp-2.3.5 and downgraded to ppp-2.2.0f...so i'm once again happily SLiRPing along. i had tried just downgrading without purging the newer version but got the same behavior from 2.2 as 2.3 as long as 2.3 was on the system.
--c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > SIOCADDRT: Operation not supported by device > > > why would i get this? can add/del default route for ppp0 fine on machine > > running an older version of linux and ppp > > pppd creates the interface when it starts ppp and deletes it when it exits. > What you need to do is put a route command in ip-up delete the default > route to your ethernet and one to restore it in ip-down, or, if you don't > need a default route to the ethernet (you probably don't), edit the > appropriate init script so it never gets created. > > > i'll check into it. > > Perhaps you could try downgrading to pppd-2.2? > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
