Re: pppd gateway/software suspend
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Alessandro Speranza wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Alessandro Speranza wrote:
>
>> However, I just noticed that on my /etc/netenv/uliss-home entry I've
>> got an entry export GATEWAY=127.0.0.1 which is probably what I don't
>> want in the first place. I'll comment that out, and see if that
>> works.
>
> All right, problem solved. Deleting that gateway entry now does not
> set any default gateway and the defaultroute option does its job.
Good. Glad to hear that is solved. :)
> However, problem stays when I try to reconnect to the usual network
> after, say, closing pppd connection. Then I run netenv again
[...]
> everything looks consistent all right? And in fact, the route table
> appears
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 150.217.140.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0 150.217.140.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
> however, I don't get on the net. Well, I do, but I only reach the
> computer on the next desk, not quite far enough. Only if I unload the
> ethernet card module, reload, and run ifconfig eth0 up I get
> everything up and running again...I mean, isn't that weird?
Yes. That is very odd indeed. Specifically, you should be routing
correctly and everything, including the gateway.
I suspect that, for some reason, you can't talk to the gateway
correctly. Try using tcpdump when you have the failure situation, and
see what you are sending and getting back.
That may well illustrate the cause of the problem for you.
Daniel
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