[aclug-L] Re: modem question...

["gLaNDix" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

yeah, that is kinda what i assumed was wrong, but where do i go to check
what my default gateway is?  on startup, ppp says "not replacing default
route: 198.248.166.254" (my old gateway from when i was on tabor's LAN...
how / where do i tell it to use a different one?

thanks,
jesse


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 2:15 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: modem question...


>On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, gLaNDix wrote:
>
>> >What does 'netstat -rn' look like both before and after dialing up?
>>
>> i'll check when i reboot before i call southwind again...
>>
>> >Are you able to ping southwind's gateway IP address after dialing up?
>>
>> what is their gateway IP...  is it something like 209.x.x.253 (i
>> *think* that was the ip it gave for the remote computer)...  if
>> so, i cannot...  i can only ping the ip it lists as local, and no
>> others....
>
>Well, we may have found the problem: if you can't ping the remote IP
>address, then your routing isn't getting set up (I'm assuming you
>don't have outgoing firewall rules?).  Whatever ppp package you're
>using should set up the default gateway as being that remote IP
>address.  If it's not (you can check with 'netstat -rn' and look for
>the line with the "G" flag), then that's where to look.
>
>I asked for the routing tables before you were dialing up just in case
>you maybe had another route or two set up for another network
>connected to this computer. if you're just on a single computer,
>dialing up, then just look at what 'netstat -rn' shows after dialing
>up.
>
>-jeff
>--
>default, n.: [Possibly from Black English "De fault wid dis system is you,
>mon."] The vain attempt to avoid errors by inactivity.  "Nothing will
>come of nothing: speak again." -- King Lear. -- Stan Kelly-Bootle
>
>