I have Redhat 8.0 installed on my home system. I am trying to configure Diald to connect to the internet. While I went throu the diald.conf file I fould this command.
reroute
Above the command,was a declaration saying some old kernels do not follow the reroute command.
Moreover I am using wvdial as the chat connection script for connecting to the internet.
thus declaring
connect /usr/bin/wvdial
Now the problem is, as diald starts it creates a SLIP interface which is also set as the default interface till the system is connected to the internet, and is replaces by the network gateway when connected.
Unfortunately, when connected the sl0/1/2 slip device always remains the default gateway. I tried to 'route add default gw' as the vsnl dns server, but this only disconnects the system.
Is there something I am missing here? I am also attaching the diald.conf file See below.
Thanx. Vidhata ########################## # /etc/diald/diald.conf
#Connect with the following utility connect /usr/bin/wvdial
# Device where your modem is connected device /dev/ttyS1
# Log file accounting-log /var/log/diald.log
# Monitoring queue #fifo /var/run/diald/diald.fifo
# Debug activation # Activating debug reduces performance #debug 31
# We use PPP as encapsulator mode ppp
# Local IP (when you connect this address is automatically modified # with the ip assigned by your ISP if you use the dinamic option). local 198.162.255.1
# Remote IP (when you connect this address is automatically modified # with the ip of the remote server that receives our call). remote 198.162.255.2
# Subnet mask for the wan link netmask 255.255.255.0
# The IP addresses will be asigned when connection starts. dynamic
# If link goes down by remote end, start it again only if there is # outgoing packets. two-way
# When link is up, route directly to the real ppp interface, not the proxy # interface. Not to do this is a performance lost of about 20 per cent. # There are old kernels that do not support reroute. See diald manual for # more information reroute
# Diald will set up the default route the the SLIP interface used as proxy defaultroute
# Script to set up personalized routes #addroute "/etc/diald/addroute" #delroute "/etc/diald/delroute"
# Scripts to execute when the link is up and ready or down and closed. # In Diald versions 0.9x there is another option called ip-goingdown that # can be used to run commands when the link is going to be down but is # still up. #ip-up /etc/diald/ip-up #ip-down /etc/diald/ip-down
# Scripts used to connect or disconnect the interface connect "/usr/bin/wvdial" #disconnect "/etc/diald/diald.disconnect"
# Use UUCP lock to signal the device is being used lock
# We connect over a modem. WARNING: Do not especify this options in the # ppp options file, because they will conflict with the diald options. To # see what ppp options that you can not use in the pppd-options option, # see the diald man page and search for pppd-options modem crtscts speed 115200
# Some timers and retry options # See Diald man page for more information connect-timeout 120 redial-timeout 60 start-pppd-timeout 120 died-retry-count 0 redial-backoff-start 4 redial-backoff-limit 300 dial-fail-limit 10
# Options to be passed to pppd # This options can be included in the /etc/ppp/options file, that are the # default options for pppd, but if you need to use different # configurations of diald for more than one instance, you must put it here # noauth - do not ask remote for authenticaion. # "Infovía Plus" (Spain) do not identify to our machine # user - our username and isp. Ask your isp for the sintaxis. Some isps, # do not need the @isp #pppd-options
# Hour restriccions. # This section must be before filters. # The restrict command is experimental, and can change in other versions # of diald. Check the man page. (this example has been checked for 0.16, # but i think it runs in later versions). # Example: only use in the night from monday to friday, and all day in # saturday and sunday. restrict 8:00:00 18:00:00 1-6 * * down restrict * * * * * *
# No special tarificaion considerations # (first seconds included in the setup cost, tarify unit in seconds, # time in seconds to check if it is good to go down) #impulse 0,0,0 # Bononet Noche (Spain-Telefónica) is billed in seconds after the 160 # first seconds impulse 160,0,0 # if it would be billed in minuttes and the first 10 will be billed # always: #impulse 600,60,10
# Standar filters #include /etc/diald/standard.filter # or personal filters include /etc/diald/personal.filter
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