routing with ppp

[worley at ariadne.com (Dale R. Worley)]

   From: Albert Cahalan <albert at ccs.neu.edu>

   I have an ethernet connection and a ppp connection.  The ethernet works
   just fine, but the ppp connection will not work.  I believe I have a
   routing problem.  As I have read many fine manuals and still have no
   answer, I need help.

   My ethernet address: 192.168.0.18 (not on the net)
   My static ppp address: 198.115.180.39

   >From route:
   Kernel routing table
   Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags MSS    Window Use Iface
   192.233.85.139  *               255.255.255.255 UH    1436   0        0 ppp0
   ethernet        *               255.255.255.0   U     1436   0      245 eth0
   loopnet         *               255.0.0.0       U     1936   0       37 lo
   default         *               *               U     1436   0      359 eth0

I think it's the last line in your 'route' table that's getting you --
it says that any destination that does not match the specific entries
(that is, anything not matching 192.233.85.139, 192.168.0.*, or
127.0.0.1) should be sent out the Ethernet port, which is not correct.
It should specify ppp0 as the interface, as that is how your packets
get to the outside world.  You may also need to specify the address of
the other end of the PPP connection as the "Gateway" on that route
entry.

Dale
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