Quoting Helge Kreutzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I had potato on my machine until recently. To upgrade, I took my > machine to work, edited /etc/networks/interface to use eth0 (instead > of the ppp-link I ordinary use) and upgraded to woody. > > Now at home I want to use the ppp-link again. Unfortunately after > wvdial I have to add the ppp-route manually > > route add default gw IP_I_GOT_FROM_WVDIAL > > I am pretty sure I did not have a route in my interface file before > (though during eth0-access I had one) and I reverted all changes in my > files in /etc back to what they were before (I had a temporary static > id, different domainname). I tried to understand where wvdial sets (or > should set) the route but not to avail. > > Where do I tell wvdial to automatically set the route ?
I'm not sure you can. pppd should add the default route automatically or emit the message "ppp not replacing existing default route to eth0" if it can't. You might try (1) /sbin/route -n before you run wvdial to see if you indeed have a default route set already and (2) cd /etc rgrep -r 123.456.789.012 * where ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is the default route given by (1), in order to see where it's getting set. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
