Re: [MLUG] Routing Woes with PPP and wvdial

[yoda <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

route add default ppp0

Try that, it should send everything not local towards the modem.

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On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Neil Bradshaw wrote:

> Okay, so here's the new deal (after about ten Mountin Dews):
>
> ppp-on didn't like me at all. So I tried wvdial. It couldn't find my
> modem. So then I was like, "Yeah, well take that f**ker!" and I just
> snaked an example wvdial.conf file and substituted the port I needed and
> my information into it. Then I fired up wvdial. It connected. It
> authenticated. Everything's good...
>
> ...but then I tried to ping out to anywhere other than the second IP that
> ifconfig brings up. Nothing. I check my routing tables. Nothing. I try to
> add that second IP to my routing table, and then check it again. Still
> nothing on my routing table. I try to flush the routing table and add it
> again. Nothing.
>
> I think everyone sees where I'm getting at. I can initalize my modem, dial
> into the server, connect, authenticate, and secure a connection. But
> nothing's being routed from my linux box to the ppp connection.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Neil
>
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