I'm not going to try and work out which machine you are listing these on or which machine(s) you are trying to dial out of, but I'll just make a couple of general points.
1) do you have defaultroute set on the ppp machine? Quoting Bill Shui ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > here's what I got when ppp is not on: (192.168.1.3 is the new gateway box > that I was trying to build). > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.3 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 2) if ppp starts when this gateway is present .....^ it will say "ppp not replacing existing default route to eth0" and you won't get your default route through ppp0. > here's what I got when ppp is on: > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 129.78.56.16 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > > this is what I want to get when ppp is on: (129.78.56.17 is given by my ISP, > but this is not the DNS, 192.168.1.1 is the old gateway that I have, and it > is running). > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 129.78.56.17 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 > 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 You don't need a gateway to get to 192.168.1.0 ....^ because you're already connected to this net. vvvvvvvvvvv > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo > 0.0.0.0 129.78.56.17 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 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.