Re: Preventing default route being wrongly attached

[robert fernando <robert.fernando@ntlworld.com>]

Hi fellow mailling list users,

Which entry do I need to remove from /etc/network/interfaces ?

my file version looks like this

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian 
installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 10.0.0.10
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 10.0.0.0
    broadcast 10.0.0.255

thanks
Robert Fernando

Andreas Janssen wrote:
> 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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