Re: Strange PCMCIA/Ethernet <-> pppd interactions
On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 10:58:01AM -0700, Kevin Dalley wrote:
> John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:
>
> > Federico Di Gregorio writes:
> > > 1. configure the PCMCIA system so that tthe card gets an address (I use
> > > 192.168.0.69, we have a firewalled intranet) at insertion
> > > ...
> > > 4a. no packet goes to the internet trough ppp0
> > > ...
> > > What's happening here?
> >
> > Configuring the ethernet NIC probably sets up a default route. Pppd will
> > not delete an existing defaulte route.
>
> Running:
>
> ifconfig eth0 down
>
> solves the problem, but finding a transparent solution would be nicer.
Right. What about adding a "route del" command to pon to shut down the
default route and re-add it in the poff script? It would be nice I think.
Ciao,
Federico
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