Re: Routing and kppp headache on RH 9

["A. John Peters" <ajpeters ajpconsult com>]

On 5/20/03 9:59 AM, "A. John Peters" <ajpeters ajpconsult com> wrote:

> I am going crazy.  My kppp doesn't seem to want to set the default router.
> 
> Internal network
> 192.168.2.1-150  Actually only 4 systems
> Linux router has address of 192.168.2.1
> 
> I have kppp set to act as the default router.
> When the system dials in the local is xxx.xxx.xxx.174
> The remote is xxx.xxx.xxx.10
> 
> I am using masquerading with the local network pointing to ppp0
> 
> When connected I can ping from any system including the fw/router/ppp host
> 192.168.2.1
> 192.168.2.x where x is any system on the local network
> Xxx.xxx.xxx.174 local ppp address from ISP
> Xxx.xxx.xxx.10 remote ppp address from ISP
> 
> I cannot ping anything outside of ISP.  I get destination unreachable.
> 
> It is like I do not have a default route set or my ISP is stopping me.  If I
> connect any of the machines directly with dial up networking, everything
> seems to work (except the fw/router/ppp host)
> 
> What am I do wrong.  I do have the defaultrouter box checked in kppp.
> 
> Expletive expletive expletive
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
> I found the following information in
> http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/x452.html.
> 
> Now I need a Linux expert or a pointer to go further.  Anyone there?
> What is the Linux NAG or Net 2/3.  I will check the howtos
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 8.4. Default route not set
> 
> If pppd refuses to set up a default route, it is because (quite correctly)
> it refuses to remove/replace an existing default route.
> 
> The usual reason that this error occurs is that some distributions set up a
> default route via your Ethernet card as opposed to setting up a specific
> network route.
> 
> See the Linux NAG and the Net2/3 HOWTOs for information on correctly setting
> up your Ethernet card and associated routes.
> 
> An alternative to this is that your LAN uses a gateway/router already and
> your routing table has been set up to point the default route at this.
> 
> Fixing up this last situation can require a fair bit of IP networking
> knowledge and is beyond the scope of this HOWTO. It is suggested you obtain
> some expert advice (via the news groups of from someone locally you can
> ask).
> 
> I found this information
> 
> 
>
I got it working, but
I had to add this line after I connected to my ISP
Route add default ppp0

Everything started to work.

Anyone know how to fix kppp?  Is this a bug in RH 9

John