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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-in.iadfw.net!usenet From: roycet@airmail.net (Royce Tidwell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: problems with routing using ppp... Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 04:59:40 GMT Organization: INTERNET AMERICA Lines: 37 Message-ID: <551ebm$fnc@library.airnews.net> References: <32684520.B61@airmail.net> <549ial$o6m@library.airnews.net> <32718C91.15C2@sprynet.com> <551cns$fqf@library.airnews.net> Reply-To: roycet@airmail.net NNTP-Posting-Host: fw14-10.ppp.iadfw.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.81 roycet@airmail.net (Royce Tidwell) wrote: I just now read an earlier post about the default route, guess I missed it the first time. >Dave, >Here's the deal with finding the gateways...they are dependant on >which terminal server I hit when I dial. >Here's how far I have now come... >I went through another ftp install of fbsd, during that install I >changed the the vt with ppp running and looked at the routing table >(show route) it had an entry like: > default xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx fffffff >I had no idea there was such thing as a "default" destination. None >of the mail archives or man pages said anything about it. So, I >edited my ppp.linkup file to include: > > add default 255.255.255.0 HISADDR >It works great now. Now I have to work on the login and dial scripts >and dial-on-demand stuff. >Hope this helps some other lost soul... >Royce Tidwell