Quick guess: Just delete the "eth0" section from the /etc/network/interfaces and it should work.
> Observations: > - I need to have both 'auto ppp0' (et al) and 'auto > eth0' (et al) in my interfaces file (/etc/interfaces) > because of my 'dual IP' connection from the router to > the DSL connection (static 172.16... and PPPoE > assigned 64.39...)?! Nope, the ethernet interface that connects to the DSL Modem does not need an IP address and you don't have to configure it at all. > - 'ip route' gives sensible output in that it has ip > addy's for all interfaces... > ================================== > </root> # ip route show > ================================== > 64.39.160.16 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 64.39.191.53 > 10.0.0.0/24 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.254 > 172.16.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 172.16.0.1 > 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.254 > default via 172.16.0.254 dev eth0 > ================================== I disagree about the sensible output: the problem lies with your default route. Your modem is given as default route, but actually you'd need the PPP peer (64.39.160.16) at the other's side. This route is added automatically by ppp. Try to delete the "default 172.16.0.254" line in your eth0 definition or delete the eth0 definition completely. The modem does not know what to do with the packets. > ! IP Address. . . . . : 64.39.191.53 > !! Subnet Mask . . . . : 255.255.255.255 > ! Default Gateway . . : 64.39.191.53 > And what's weird is that my default gateway is the > same as my iwn IP address?! That, and I get a subnet > mask of /32. It's PPP so subnets don't make sense anyway, > So for my Bering box, I am left wondering if if the > 'default via' should instead be reading 64.39.191.53? You don't want that, it's done by pppd > ================================== > </root> # ip addr show > ================================== > 6: ppp0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP> mtu 1492 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 3 > link/ppp > inet 64.39.191.53 peer 64.39.160.16/32 scope global ppp0 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Here's your default gateway. Regards Alex ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html