Jason Mott wrote:
> > |o| I have a Linux box on an ethernet network. Sometimes, I need to dial
> > |o| into a client's intranet. When I do, the defaultroute option does not
> > |o| work (the logs indicate it was skipped, but do not say why). So I have
> > |o| to delete the eth0 interface from the routing table myself and add the
> > |o| ppp0 as default. Then, of course, I loose the eth0 interface until I
> > |o| bring it back as default.
> > |o|
> >
> > I'd have /etc/ppp/ip-up drop any existing default route when
> > the PPP link goes up, inserting a new one targeted at the PPP link for
> > replacement of the just removed funcionality. /etc/ppp/ip-down would
> > do the other way around, of course. Regards ...
> >
>
> That *is* what I'm doing. The problem is that it kills my eth0
> interface. I want both to work at the same time.
Dropping the default route won't kill the interface. It may result in
certain hosts being unreachable if you don't have the necessary
network or host routes.
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