[H-GEN] Problems Dialing in to Bigpond

David Findlay david_j_findlay at yahoo.com.au
Sun Apr 8 05:40:45 EDT 2001


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> If you've already got another interface set up with the default route,
> pppd won't change it, IIRC. Try `route -n' to view your current
> routes, and `route del default gw other-interface-ip' followed by a
> `route add default gw ppp-peer-ip'.
>
> hope that helps, and I hope it's not too wrong, but I *know* I'll be
> advised of any mistakes rather quickly ;)

I got it going fine now. It was another default route in there. Up until now 
the default route to the net has been via another machine running windows(I 
have a lousy 56kb winmodem). Once I took that out it worked. Thanks.

> > P.S. When is the next HUMBUG meeting?
>
> next weekend, the 14th, according to the web page.

I am going to bring my machine loaded with Linux and FlightGear Flight 
Simulator(www.flightgear.org)

David

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