Greetings

I have recently upgraded my computer's hardware.
After re-installing Debian Etch (64AMD). (I was running
on a seven year old AMD motherboard.) I found that
I now have to set the default route to ppp0 when I use
gnome-ppp by hand through a terminal window and
su, where I didn't have to do this on my previous
install of Etch.

Is there a way to get this to set its self when I start
gnome-ppp, or set this up to where it will be permanate.
I admit to not being a networking whiz.

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Walt L. Williams
http://www.intergate.com/~waltwilliams/


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On 05/21/2008 06:13 PM, Walt L. Williams wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I have recently upgraded my computer's hardware.
> After re-installing Debian Etch (64AMD). (I was running
> on a seven year old AMD motherboard.) I found that
> I now have to set the default route to ppp0 when I use
> gnome-ppp by hand through a terminal window and
> su, where I didn't have to do this on my previous
> install of Etch.
>
> Is there a way to get this to set its self when I start
> gnome-ppp, or set this up to where it will be permanate.
> I admit to not being a networking whiz.
>

Gnome-ppp probably uses pppd to make the connection. Pppd supports
multiple ISP profiles which are placed in /etc/ppp/peers/. Usually, the
profile that is used is in the file /etc/ppp/peers/provider.

In that file (or whatever ISP profile your system uses), make sure that
the defaultroute option appears; "defaultroute" tells pppd to make the
link a default route when it comes up. Read "man pppd".

If you are unsure of what ISP profile your pppd uses, use gnome-ppp to
go online and use a terminal to view how pppd is invoked:

ps U root | grep pppd

Good luck.



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