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Hello all,

    I am having trouble with the last hurdle of my diald/pppd configuration,
and was hoping that one of y'all might have surmounted the same problem.
ppp-on works fine manually, and diald starts up OK, but when I initiate that
first dns with a ping or an ftp command, /var/log/messages gets the comment:

ppp not replacing existing default route to sl0[127.0.0.3]

An ifconfig shows that both diald's sl0 interface and the ppp0 interface are
up, but route -n shows that sl0 has remained the default.    This machine is
the third on a small ethernet in my house, and is running the Redhat4.0 dist-
ribution.    I have gotten diald to work before, when I did not have an
ethernet and I was running an older kernel.    Does anyone have any help for
me here?    I've appended some pertinent info.    Thanks for your help.

Regards,
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How I am involking diald:

   diald /dev/ttyS0 -m ppp local 127.0.0.4 \
   remote 127.0.0.3 defaultroute modem crtscts \
   connect "/usr/sbin/ppp-on" dynamic

My /var/log/messages tail:

   Nov 21 22:01:10 bruno pppd[377]: Serial connection established.
   Nov 21 22:01:11 bruno pppd[377]: Using interface ppp0
   Nov 21 22:01:11 bruno pppd[377]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
   Nov 21 22:01:13 bruno pppd[377]: local  IP address 207.8.41.52
   Nov 21 22:01:13 bruno pppd[377]: remote IP address 207.8.41.3
   Nov 21 22:01:13 bruno pppd[377]: ppp not replacing existing default
route to sl0[127.0.0.3]

ifconfig's output, right after I try to initiate dialup with a ping or ftp:

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

eth0      Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:C0:D4:44:13
          inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:525 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:326 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          Interrupt:5 Base address:0x290 Memory:d0000-d2000

sl0       Link encap:Serial Line IP  
          inet addr:127.0.0.4  P-t-P:127.0.0.3  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

ppp0      Link encap:Point-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:207.8.41.52  P-t-P:207.8.41.3  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

|
| >
| > Hello all,
| >
| >     I am having trouble with the last hurdle of my diald/pppd configuration,
| > and was hoping that one of y'all might have surmounted the same problem.
| > ppp-on works fine manually, and diald starts up OK, but when I initiate that
| > first dns with a ping or an ftp command, /var/log/messages gets the comment:
| >
| > ppp not replacing existing default route to sl0[127.0.0.3]

|
| pppd WILL NOT REPLACE YOUR DEFAULT ROUTE if you have already set one.
| check your rc.inet1 file or wherever your configuring your ethernet
| interface.  It very likely contains two route commands....
| the first to add net to your ethernet interface,
| the second to set a default gateway.
| comment out the second route command to let pppd automatically set your
| default route
| Alternatively, you can specify a new default route in etc/ppp/ip-up

I figured it out.   I was having diald call my stand-alone ppp-on script as the
"connect" script.   My ppp-on script would start pppd, then diald would try to
start it again.   The solution was to pair my ppp-on script down to a chat 'send-
expect' file and let diald start pppd as it is inclined to do.
Thanks very much for your post.

Jason

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Quote:

> pppd WILL NOT REPLACE YOUR DEFAULT ROUTE if you have already set one.
> check your rc.inet1 file or wherever your configuring your ethernet
> interface.  It very likely contains two route commands....
> the first to add net to your ethernet interface,
> the second to set a default gateway.
> comment out the second route command to let pppd automatically set your
> default route
> Alternatively, you can specify a new default route in etc/ppp/ip-up

Ron Sharp.