ah, same thinking :) didn't see your message before I replied then. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:01 PM Subject: Re: pppd "not replacing existing default route to eth0" > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:46:09 +0800, Kevin wrote: > > >When I run pppd, it's connecting to the ISP ok, but traffic doesn't go anywhere and in /var/log/messages, I'm getting "not replacing existing default route to eth0". I can see why outgoing traffic isn't going anywhere cause its trying to go out via eth0, but why is this? > > > >I *think* this has something to do with static-routes in /etc/sysconfig but I'm not sure. > > Why do you think that? > > The log file says that the problem is a routing one. There is no route to > the internet, as ppp has not replaced the default gateway that was already > in place. > > What you need to find out is where the current default route is coming from, > and why it's there. (169.254 is a windows auto config IP???) > > This would be easy to test, before you bring ppp up delete the default route > with: > > route del default > > and see what happens. > > You can check the routing table with: > > route > > and restore the old default gateway with > > route add default gw 169.254.236.254 > > (Though unless you know what this is for, it's not useful) > > HTH. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
