Re: Preventing default route being wrongly attached

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

robert fernando (<robert.fernando@ntlworld.com>) wrote:

> Q1 How do I reconfigure a Debian 3.x system 2.2.20-idepci so that the
> default route is not tied to the sl0 / slip device.
> eth0 is setup to be connected to a 3c509 ethernert card.
> 
> Why do I need to do this.
> It appears that having sl0 atached to the default route before doing a
> dial up which uses ppp cause ppp to login correctly, but then fail on
> sending of packet data / ping data nothing is sent.
> 
> Do I need sl0 /slip  support to be active if want to support dial too
> my pc and dialout to a isp that supports ppp. If not how do I prevent 
> slip support from loading.

You do not need slip to use ppp. To make sure you don't have problems
you can:

- remove the slip entry from /etc/network/interfaces or
- remove the gateway entry for slip in /etc/network/interfaces or
- put a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d that sets the default route to the
ppp connection (using the route program)

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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