On Thu, 2 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you have more than one PPP links, how linux decides which links to > send/receive packets? > > Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > > See the attached for how I do it. Creating /etc/ppp/chatscript.work > > and /etc/ppp/chatscript.isp and /etc/resolv.work and /etc/resolv.isp > > are left as an exercise for the reader. This could be simpler and > > less extensible or even more belt and suspenders than it currently > > is, but I think this strikes a nice balance. YMMV > > > > On 01-Oct-97 Walter L. Preuninger II wrote: > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > >Is there a way to have more than one pppd configuration? Getting another > > >modem is not an option. > > > > > >What I would like is something along these lines: > > > pon work > > > poff > > > pon internet > > > > > >where work has the ppp options/chatscript for dialing up the office, and > > >internet has the ppp options/chatscript for going online.
I didn't see the messages before this, so maybe it's already been answered, but... Put all your chatscripts in /etc/chatscripts. Put all your option files in /etc/ppp/peers. Each option file should include an "-f /etc/chatscripts/my-chatscript" option that points to the the appropriate chatscript. Now you can say "pppd call name-of-peers-file". Then, symlink /etc/ppp/peers/provider to your most frequently-used peerscript. Now you can type "pon" and it will automatically run "pppd call provider". Both the "pppd call ..." and pon/poff commands can be run by members of the dip group as well as root. This is in contrast to any other invocation of pppd, which requires root privilege. Then, of course, there's the PAP/CHAP problem. If you have to use this, I would hardlink /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and /etc/ppp/pap-secrets together, so you don't have to remember which secret goes where this week. I've only dealt with the case where one ISP used PAP/CHAP and the other didn't, so I don't know how well ppp does if both ISPs use it. *** In regards to the first question, if you mean, "How does Linux handle multiple simultaneous PPP connections?" (say if you have two modems, or modem plus Ethernet card, to connect to multiple networks, for instance, one being a private network and the other your ISP), it uses the routing table (shown by the "route" command), which says which range of IP addresses should go through which link (=interface). Only one link should have the "default route" 0.0.0.0, which is for "everything else". ************** MICHAEL SCOTT ORR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ***************** * * 1405 NE 56th Street, Seattle, WA 98105 USA * English * * * Tel: +1 (206) 522-9627, fax: 328-6209 * Russki * * * Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Esperanto * ***************** (Insert silly quote here) ************************ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
