Can't make connection away from home

Peter plp-ysDPMY98cNQDDBjDh4tngg at public.gmane.org
Fri Dec 16 00:53:55 UTC 2005



On Fri, 15 Dec 2005, Tim Writer wrote:

> If you don't need your local LAN, i.e. if you're only connecting to the
> Internet and nothing else, it would be simpler not to configure eth0.
>
> Alternatively, add the defaultroute option to your ppp configuration. This
> will make pppd add the default route when you bring up your Internet
> connection.

The modem is plugged into the LAN I think ? He needs eth0 for that but 
the default route must point to the ppp interface as you said.

If using pppoe eth0 must not be configured when pppoe starts.

Peter
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