[ILUG] routing table

[Dermot Gorman]

Hi,
I have just set up a server (RH6.2) which is a gateway for a linux network, 
this machine dials up (manually) and collects mail for the domain and 
provides IP masquerading for the LAN. The problem is that on booting the 
server the IP routing table looks like:

/sbin/route:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
p133.dermotgorm *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
default         p133.dermotgorm 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

the default route being thru eth0. When a ppp connection is made i cannot 
ping any internet IP address. However, when i do a 
/sbin/route del -net default   
the default route thru eth0 it is removed and ppp will then work fine, i.e. 
become the default route. The problem is - how do i permanently remove the 
default route from the table ?as a reboot simply brings me back to square one.

here is the table working ...
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
p133.dermotgorm *               255.255.255.255 UH        0 0          0 eth0
as1.adl.dublin. *               255.255.255.255 UH        0 0          0 ppp0
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U         0 0          0 lo
default         as1.adl.dublin. 0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 ppp0

dermot

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