Re: [SLUG] routing

[Christopher Booth <christopher.booth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok I found a solution, thanks to George

route add -net X.X.104.0/24 gw X.X.143.187

and this puts everything on X.X.0.0 through the X.X.143.187 ppp0

Cheers

Chris



On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 10:51:27 +1100 
"George Vieira" <GeorgeV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You probably find that it's not routing the whole network via the dialup
> device..
> 
> Other words your dial up device only sees X.X.143.YY which is the dial up
> server...
> 
> in your ip-up.local , try detecting that dial up connection and route the
> network through it..
> 
> route add -net X.X.143.0/24 gw $5   # (or was it $6)..
> 
> try that...
> 
> 
> I'd firstly add the route manually and see if that fixes it..
> 
> thanks,
> George Vieira
> Systems Manager
> Citadel Computer Systems P/L
> http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Booth, Christopher (Aus) - ATP
> [mailto:Christopher.Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 01 February 2002 10:33 AM
> To: 'slug@xxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [SLUG] routing
> 
> 
> Hi guys
> 
> At work I have my Linux laptop on the network with a static IP
> 
> X.X.105.30
> 
> When I dial-in I am given another IP address
> 
> X.X.143.187
> 
> Most things work, PROXY for websurfing, DNS, but if I wan't to access my
> email thorugh sylpheed, or ping the mail server
> X.X.104.13 it always trys to connect through eth0 (X.X.105.30).
> 
> If I ifdown eth0 then it only uses ppp0, which is fine unless I want to
> access something via eth0.
> 
> What IPTABLES or route commands would I need to use to enable it to use ppp0
> as the interface that it connects through instead ?
> 
> I have the same problem, if I use my home box for internet connection
> sharing from Win 2000, via a network crossover cable to my laptop.  This
> uses 192.168.0.1 for the Win 2K and an IP alias on my laptop 192.168.0.4 on
> eth0:0
> Obviously I can't ifdown eth0 as I lose all connectivity.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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