Re: PPP question (my DSL is down !!)

["Hall Stevenson" <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>]

> Do you have a gateway defined in /etc/network/interfaces?

Sure do. It points to my Linksys router/switch, 192.168.1.1.
With dial-up, that device is no longer valid.

> If so, # (comment) it out as long as you are using ppp.
> PPP will set its own default gateway. I have a similar
> problem when I try to use ppp on a machine that usually
> connects to the net via ethernet.
>
> You probably have a defaultroute pointing to eth0 and pppd
> won't replace it.  Remove that defaultroute and ppp shoul
> work.

Those both make perfect sense and go along with what David
Roundy said about bringing eth0 down. It seems like dial-up
and eth0 should have their own network config files, doesn't
it ??

Thanks for the ideas !
Regards
Hall