Hi.
When I upgraded to testing, I got ppp-2.4.0along with it.
Once this version of ppp was installed, the routing no longer worked
properly. In particular, with ppp-2.4.0 I get the following behavior:
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[... not connected to anything ...]
dkatz [~] $ /sbin/ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FD:00:00:00:00
inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
Interrupt:5
dkatz [~] $ /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0 tap0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 tap0
default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 0 tap0
[... do a 'pon' here ...]
dkatz [~] $ /sbin/ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:208.192.101.188 P-t-P:199.172.62.219 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1514 Metric:1
RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FD:00:00:00:00
inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
Interrupt:5
dkatz [~] $ /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
199.172.62.219 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0 tap0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 tap0
default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 0 tap0
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Note that (1) there is an interface 'tap0' which I don't understand at
all since I don't have an ethernet card in my machine and have never
set one up, and (2) that I can make a connection and get a working
ppp0 interface, but that the default route is not set properly.
Considering that it is using tap0 as the default interface, I suspect
that these are related.
For comparison, here is the same sequence using ppp-2.3.11 from potato:
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[... not connected to anything ...]
lysistrata:/etc# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
lysistrata:/etc# ifconfoig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
lysistrata:/etc# pon
lysistrata:/etc# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
fxtc1-c.std.com * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
default fxtc1-c.std.com 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
lysistrata:/etc# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:208.192.101.1 P-t-P:199.172.62.218 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1514 Metric:1
RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
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This version has no 'tap0' interface and correctly sets up the default
gateway when the ppp0 interface is brought up.
I guess the questions are:
1) Should I just delete tap0 from /etc/network/interfaces, or is it
needed by pppd for some reason (even if I don't have an ethernet
card).
2) Why is the package upgrade setting up this interface on its own?
3) Would you expect that deleting this interface will allow ppp to set
up the default route properly?
4) Are there any other issues a ppp newbie needs to be aware of before
mucking around with the default configuration?
Thanks.
Dan
