Re: laptop LAN and modem config
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 will only set this there isn't already one there.
>
> 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?
No, Debian hasn't managed to solve that problem yet.
Network configuration is one of Debian's big weaknesses.
--
Thomas
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