Re: laptop LAN and modem config

2005-07-19 Thread Thomas Hood
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:31:38 +0100, Doofus wrote: > I had a one-off need to configure the modem to dial a 56k ISP recently, > but my permanently configured static ethernet and gateway addresses > jiggered things up for me. I made it work simply by deleting the default > route - it seems pppd wil

Re: laptop LAN and modem config

2005-07-18 Thread Tobias Kraus
Am Montag, 18. Juli 2005 23:37 schrieb Koen Vermeer: > On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 00:31 +0100, Doofus wrote: > > My question is, is there a more elegant or debian preferred method for > > dealing with this situation, which surely can't be so rare, and yet I've > > been unable to google anything about it

Re: laptop LAN and modem config

2005-07-18 Thread Koen Vermeer
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 00:31 +0100, Doofus wrote: > My question is, is there a more elegant or debian preferred method for > dealing with this situation, which surely can't be so rare, and yet I've > been unable to google anything about it? If you ifdown your ethernet card, the route should also

laptop LAN and modem config

2005-07-18 Thread Doofus
I had a one-off need to configure the modem to dial a 56k ISP recently, but my permanently configured static ethernet and gateway addresses jiggered things up for me. I made it work simply by deleting the default route - it seems pppd will only set this there isn't already one there. My ques