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

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check /etc/init.d/network

If there are any ifconfig lines that also contane the word "eth0" you
probably want to take those out.

Any 'route' lines that have "eth0" should probably also be removed.



On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 03:58:38PM -0600, gLaNDix wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> 

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