[ILUG] Mandrake Kppp Problem.

[Eugene O'Leary]

I have used Mandrake 7.0 and 7.1 in the past and am now using version 8.0.
With each of them I have encountered the same problem with Kppp when connecting to Esatclear. (Probably caused by having two home PC's networked.)
I was able to make the connection O.K. but then I was unable to connect to the Internet or even to ping Esatclear on 194.145.128.1
My solution up to now has been to log in as root user and use "usernet".
I (and others) have asked for a possible solution in the past but nobody was able to help. Now maybe I, myself can help.
I bought a cd in Easons yeserday. Title: " Definite Linux Bookshelf. Version 1". It has got 25 of the best Linux books on it plus all the man pages and Howtos. I found a solution to the problem in the first Linux networking book that I opened on it.
The problem is a routing problem.
If I make a connection and then change to root user (su) and type in "route", I get the following:
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[webmaster at howth-design webmaster]$ su
Password:
[root at howth-design webmaster]$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination	Gateway	  Genmask	   Flags  Metric Ref  Use  Iface
194.145.128.236 *	  255.255.255.255              UH	  0      0     0     ppp0 192.168.0.0	*	  255.255.255.0	               U	  0      0     0      eth0
127.0.0.0	*	  255.0.0.0	               U	  0      0     0      lo
default		howth-des 0.0.0.0	               UG	  0      0     0      eth0
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The default route seems to be set to my network card rather than to the modem.
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If I then type the following at the prompt:
[root at howth-design webmaster]$ route add default ppp0
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I get the following:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination	Gateway	  Genmask	   Flags  Metric Ref Use Iface
quar167.esatcle *	  255.255.255.255  UH	  0	  0      0	     ppp0
192.168.0.1	*	  255.255.255.0	   U	  0          0      0      eth0
127.0.0.1	*	  255.0.0.0	   U	  0	  0      0      lo
default		*	  0.0.0.0	   U	   0	  0          0      0      ppp0
default		howth.des 0.0.0.0	   UG	  0          0      0	     eth0
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Hi, Presto! I am now connected.
The only problem now is that I have to go through the same routine each time. Does anybody know how I can edit my routing table  so that I can avoid this, or more importantly, how where do I find my routing table! :-)
Hope that I have helped someone.

Eugene O'Leary.