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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:38:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Networking w FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970422163744.24344h-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970422103325.14713B-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au>

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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Anthony Hill wrote:

> 
> I am just installing a new 2.2.1 system, but am having some problems with 
> the networking. The machine is to be a gateway connected to the Internet 
> via ppp and to a local ethernet network.
> 
> The first problem is that I have to manually insert a default route using 
> ppp's add command every time I connect. I have a "0 0 HISADDR" line in 
> ppp.linkup, but it does not seem to make any difference. When I type
> 
> ppp ON> add 0 0 203.63.80.130   <- being the addr of the router I dial into

ppp.linkup never worked for me either, probably because I have it set up
wrong.  AFter you link up (and get PPP ON host>) type

add 0 0 HISADDR

That should make the necessary default route.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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