Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 08:46:36 -0500 From: "Steve Sims" <SimsS@IBM.Net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: iijppp - cannot ping host after connect Message-ID: <199611201349.NAA62726@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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Christoph Kukulies has written.... > > When I try and ping 205.205.70.175 (my host) nothing happens. It seems > > this is pretty straight forward, at least it was the last time I had FBSD > > 2.01 installed on my system > > > Also I don't have a lan connection so the only ifconfig entry I have is for > > the loopback. > > And, I don't run routed or gated. > > > Do you have an (in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf): > > your-link: > set openmode active > > > And in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup: > > your-link: > delete ALL > add 0 0 HISADDR ... and this leads me to wonder.... What is the significance of the 'delete ALL' line referred to? I've got a dozen or so STATIC routes pointing between a pair of local ethernets (They're static because they're in different networks and don't EVEN ask about the routing protocols on the local side ;-). I have NO default route when ppp is down. Gateway-ing is on in the kernel so I can route between locally-connected nets. As a result, I've not used the 'delete ALL' directive in ppp.linkup, but I do use the add 0 0 HISADDR. This works quite well as long as I start ppp from the command line. But dial-on-demand doesn't work as seamlessly as it should. If I add the 'delete ALL' line, would this nuke the local static routes I've so carefully crafted? I suspect it would. In short, what I'm asking is: How can one get iij-ppp to - dial on demand - link up serially between "unknown-in-advance" IP's - Add an appropriate gateway to the ISP - Preserve existing routing table information on the local side (It's the last bullet that has me stumped.) ...sjs...
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