Re: routing in presence of PPP

[Paul Galbraith <paul@paulgalbraith.net>]

petereasthope@canada.com wrote:

> When ppp is started, these messages are recorded
> in the syslog.
> ... pppd[n]: Couldn't set pass-filter in kernel:
>                     Invalid argument
> ... pppd[n]: not replacing existing default route
>                     to eth0[192.168.1.1]
> ... pppd[n]: Cannot determine ethernet address
>                     for proxy ARP
>
> Routing fails, of course.
>
> Does anyone recognize the problem or have a 
> suggestion?  Can anyone explain the complaint
> about the pass-filter?
>
> Thanks,              Peter Easthope
>
> http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/

If you have a line in ppp.conf that looks like:

	add default HISADDR

... try changing it to:

	add! default HISADDR

This will force PPP to overwrite whatever currently configured default 
route that you have.

Paul