> Do you have a gateway defined in /etc/network/interfaces? Sure do. It points to my Linksys router/switch, 192.168.1.1. With dial-up, that device is no longer valid.
> If so, # (comment) it out as long as you are using ppp. > PPP will set its own default gateway. I have a similar > problem when I try to use ppp on a machine that usually > connects to the net via ethernet. > > You probably have a defaultroute pointing to eth0 and pppd > won't replace it. Remove that defaultroute and ppp shoul > work. Those both make perfect sense and go along with what David Roundy said about bringing eth0 down. It seems like dial-up and eth0 should have their own network config files, doesn't it ?? Thanks for the ideas ! Regards Hall
