Hi, Before connecting to net by dialup just check what is your default route using /sbin/route and check whether u have defaultroute set.... When u dial to internet using modem u can pass a parameter to pppd saying that u don;t need to add defaultroute .Hmmmmm read the man page for pppd there is one option called as 'defaultroute'. "pppd: not replacing existing default route to eth0 " If u have default route set on device eth0 then it is quite possible that even though u are connected to your service provider u may not be able to access the net reason being your 'route' is to the local network ( which may be or maynot be on Inet). While conencting thru dialup pppd was not able to remove this default route. So there is no need to remove the eth0 device ,,, just remove the default route from eth0 and pass a parameter to pppd saying add a default route ( by default ) to get u working on internet. Ciao Tapesh ******************************************************************** LINUX IS TOOOOOOOO COOOL ********************************************************************

Rupesh wrote:There is a gateway option in /etc/sysconfig/network (in Redhat) blank that. ie make it GATEWAY=

this would resolve your prob.

-Rupesh

On 31/07/02 22:11 +0530, akshaysalkar wrote:

does any know know what this means?

i noticed this is the var/log/messages when connecting via dial-up this message comes when my local network is working.

however when i disable it ie. my network cards eth0 etc. then my network link works fine.

so what could be the problem?

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Hey don't make these changes in the file , it is not needed , just change the default route whenever u connect to net using ppp0 else leave it as it is . chow tapesh Ashok Iyer wrote:> pppd: not replacing existing default route to eth0

does any know know what this means? i noticed this is the var/log/messages when connecting via dial-up this message comes when my local network is working. however when i disable it ie. my network cards eth0 etc. then my network link works fine.

Your question is not clear; rather your problem is not. Is is that when connecting via dial-up you are unable to browse beacuse the default route of your linux machine is eth0. If that is the case then, ensure that the following line exits in your /etc/sysconfig/network file. GATEWAYDEV="ppp0"

-- Ashok

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