Re: ppp addresses and routing table
Bernd Prager wrote:
> I'm experiencing some trouble with my DSL setup.
> Every time after reboot my routing table is using my ppp0 P-t-P
> address instead of its inet address.
Which is the correct way of setting routes. Default should go though the
other end of the ppp connection.
>
> $ ifconfig ppp0
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet
> addr:168.100.249.107 P-t-P:168.100.250.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
> RX packets:278715 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:280248 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
> RX bytes:155755125 (148.5 MiB) TX bytes:67529994 (64.4 MiB)
>
> $ route -e
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window
> irtt Iface
> 168.100.250.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
> ppp0
> 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
> 0 eth0
> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
> 0 eth1
> default 168.100.250.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> ppp0
>
> I'm not getting any Internet connection by using the P-t-P address.
> Only after I delete PPP0 and default gateway route and change them
> manually to the PPP0 inet address I get the desired connection.
Weird because that is the *correct* way of doing things.
> When I change the routing addresses from 168.100.250.1 to
> 168.100.249.107 I get:
>
> $ route -e
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window
> irtt Iface
> 249-107.custome * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0
> 0 ppp0
> 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
> 0 eth0
> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
> 0 eth1
> default 249-107.custome 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
> 0 ppp0
>
> And everything works fine from here.
Except this is not the correct way...
> Is there something with my configuration messed up and I should get a
> proper connection through the P-t-P address?
> Or is there a way to tell my system it should use the external address
> instead?
Are you trying to connect from this machine or some other one off on
eth0 or eth1 network?
- Adam
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