Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 06:41:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Kyle Mestery <mestery@winternet.com> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd problem with ppp -alias ... Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980429064042.17733A-100000@tundra.winternet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980428173911.2113G-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > Now, if I try to telnet from Machine B to A, with no default route > set, it works fine. As soon as I set a default route for machine B to > point at Machine A, it no longer works. > > *If* I startup 'ppp -auto -alias <dialup server>', the routing > works fine *but* I'd prefer not to have to keep the connection up 24/7... > I have seen this same problem. The solution is to make sure you delete the default route on machine A when the ppp link is not up. That should allow you to telnet from B to A when the ppp link is down. -- Kyle Mestery StorageTek's Network Systems Group "Keep honking, I'm reloading." "Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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