Re: PPP again

[mickyb@es.co.nz (Michael Beattie)]

On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Edward Bell wrote:

> I am a new user of Debian 1.3 . I don,t want to sound like a whiner, but
> what info do I need to get ppp running . I have read the how-tos and I
> am still having a problem. Specifically I am dialing my ISP with minicom
> and can start the server, I close down minicom without killing the
> connection. I then start pppd. I type ifconfig which tells me I have a
> ppp connection. My problem is I do not know what route info I need to
> input . When I type route -n all it shows is the ppp0 info, no default,
> no lo. Any help is definitely appreciated.


route add default pppX
(X = ppp line e.g. 0 )

Or add defaultroute to your pppd options. (much easier)


                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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