Re: modem = default route

David Efflandt wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Gary Armstrong <garyarm@testedgeinc.com> wrote:
>
>>Yup I'm a newbie. I have successfully brought up a RH9 host on my lan.
>>I would also like to be able to dial into an ISP from this host. Using
>>Kppp from the desktop menus, I'm able to define and establish a
>>conection with the ISP. Here's my problem:
>>
>>Even after the connection, the default route remains the lan gateway it
>>doesn't become the modem. Where and how do I configure that? Along with
>>the default route, it would be nice if the resolver would use DNS from
>>the ISP.
>
>
> Why do you have ANY default route to your LAN? In most cases a default
> route should ONLY lead to the internet.

I probably wasn't very clear. The defaultroute on this machine is our
normal path to our ISP via a router->T1. I'm trying to set up the modem
as a test vehicle for some web development one of my users is doing.


If something else on your LAN
> sometimes leads to the internet, you may need more advanced routing. But
> I suspect that you should simply permanently remove that default route to
> your LAN (which is already handled by a network route for that subnet).
> If you have such a large LAN that is has other router(s) and subnets,
> static -net routes should also be used for those (not default route).
>
> Once you get that sorted out (LAN default route removed), the default
> route checkbox for Kppp should work. Somewhere Kppp also has a checkbox
> to select whether you want it to use ppp supplied nameservers while
> connected.
>