Re: PPP configuration and routing problem

[russcook@flash.net]

Thank you very much for the reply. 
Your suggestion fixed my problem. 
I guess  I misunderstood the option
'noipdefault'.
Again, thanks for the help.
--- Original Message ---
From: John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: PPP configuration and
routing problem

>Russ writes:
>> Route -n shows the ppp0
configured with the same local and
remote IP
>> addresses as shown in
options.ttyS1.
>
>I assume that your modem is on
ttyS1?
>
>> I initiate a connection with
PON, the PPP0 interface is not
properly
>> configured.  Route -n shows the
ppp0 configured with the same local
and
>> remote IP addresses as shown in
options.ttyS1.  I have used the
options
>> 'noipdefault' and
'defaultroute', but the tables are
not correctly
>> updated.
>
>From the pppd man page:
>
>       noipdefault
>              Disables the default
behaviour  when  no  local  IP
>              address  is 
specified,  which  is to determine
(if
>              possible) the local
IP address from  the  hostname.
>              With  this option,
the peer will have to supply the
>              local IP address
during IPCP negotiation (unless it
>              specified 
explicitly  on the command line or
in an
>              options file).
>
>
>Thus 'noipdefault' does not
override addresses in options
files.  Comment
>out the addresses in
options.ttyS1.
>-- 
>John Hasler
>john@dhh.gt.org
>Dancing Horse Hill
>Elmwood, Wisconsin
>
>
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