Routing problems

[Derrick \(Thrawn01\)]

I have a debian machine on a network, and has a modem.   Both of theses links could be up at anytime. when the ppp link is down i wan't to use a gatway on the network to access. but when the ppp is up I wan't it to access the ppp first before it trys the network.   I thought about seting up my routeing table somthing like this.   Destination        Iface            metric default                ppp0            0 default                eth0             1     But the MAN page confirms my Tests.   Metric The  'distance'  to  the targed (usually counted in               hops). It is not used by recent kernels, only rout-               ing daemons may use it.   I'm using an old kernel, but would a routing protocal work ? And how would it work ?   Adding and removing a default route at ,ppp dial up, is not an option. I wan't to know if there is another way. with out modifing the routing table after bringing the ppp link up or down.     ------------------------------- This has been a Communiqué from his Imperial Majesty Admiral Thrawn. ------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]