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Re: change ethernet to ppp, routing



I hadn't known about the /etc/network/interfaces file, and when I fiddled with
it, things seem to be fixed.  Thanks very much!
Ric

On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:06:10PM -0500, k l u r t wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 December 2001 01:24 pm, Ric Otte wrote:
> > Yep, I did mean to write that I want to connect to the Internet with ppp,
> > instead of "I want to connect to the ethernet with ppp".  Basically I'm
> > wanting to use the machine at home instead of my office.  I'm sorry for the
> > confusion.
> >
> > SO, if I need to delete the default route to the internet via my ethernet
> > card, how do I do that?  Do I use
> >    'route del eth0'
> > or do I need to type something like:
> >    'route del netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0'
> > I've never used the command 'route' before, but it looks to me like it is
> > the one that will add or delete routes.  Thanks,
> >
> > Ric
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 11:29:28AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > > klurt writes:
> > > > you need to use PPPoE
> > >
> > > I think that he intended to write "I want to connect to the Internet with
> > > ppp" rather than "I want to connect to the ethernet with ppp".
> 
> hmm.. sorry... i be confused.
> 
> i thought you were trying to use adsl w/ pppoe...
> but i think to solve your problem, you would want to take a look at your 
> /etc/network/interfaces - you could use route, but you would have to route 
> del everytime you wanted to connect.  I'm assuming that in your   
> /etc/network/interfaces is a configuration for your office's LAN on eth0.  
> you would want to comment that out or just remove it completely. then if you 
> wanted to use your eth0 for your local LAN, you can config  
> /etc/network/interfaces for such a need... kinda like this:
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>      address 192.168.1.1     -> or use whatever addy you want
>      network 192.168.1.0
>      netmask 255.255.255.0
>      broadcast 192.168.1.255
> #or to use dhcp 
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> i hope this helps solve the confusion and not add to it..
> - k l u r t
> 
> 
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