[ILUG] PPP Config

[John Bolger]

On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 10:35:06AM +0100, Patrick Kiernan wrote:
> I've setup my dial-up connection with pppconfig so to get online I type 
> "pon iol". I've given my
> normal user account access to do this also but everytime I connect I 
> still have to change to root and
> add the default gw otherwise I can't ping anywhere. The default gw being:
> 
> ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>          *inet addr:194.165.160.102*  P-t-P:194.145.128.243  
> Mask:255.255.255.255         
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING     NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:136 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:2
>          TX packets:123 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>          RX bytes:70775 (69.1 Kb)  TX bytes:6201 (6.0 Kb)
> 
> The bit in bold there and since this changes everytime I connect, I have 
> to change it manually.
>
pppd wont replace the default route if there is already one there for your 
local network. Edit /etc/network/interfaces and remove the "gateway" line,
ifdown/ifup your local interface and the default route should be permanently 
gone. pppd will now automatically set the default route next time you connect.


> Maybe I should get the latest version of pppconfig? - Anyone know good 
> apt sources for Debian Woody 3.0 testing/unstable?
> 
I find the official UK one to be very fast, but its not really an option if
your on dialup - the apt-get update alone is nearly a 2MB download now.