[ale] Default route problem?

[Greg]

	A similar request was recently on the OpenBSD list and an elegant solution
was found involving a script.  I *think* that their problem was using two
networks and they wanted to use dial-up/wireless if there was no network LAN
connection.  You could try googling for it or trying one of the archives.
The principle and technique used is the same as it would be on Linux iirc.
It was on the list well within the last 30 days.

	Or you could write a simple script that would change it and then bring your
network up and down.  An icon for this script could then be put on the
desktop and you could click on it and choose from a simple menu to choose
your network if you didn't want a true automatic method.

Greg Canter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Calvin
> Harrigan
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:47 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Default route problem?
>
>
> Hi all,
> 	I've recently set up redhat 8.0 on a laptop.  Everything is working
> fine.  All drivers for all devices.  My question is in regards to
> automatically changing the default route for the network.  There is a
> network card setup for dhcp, it works fine.  Problem is that sometimes I
> need to dial up to an isp to access services that are not
> available on the
> lan.  Dialing up works fine, I get connected but I can't get any
> traffic to
> flow through it.  If I disconnect the lan cable I cannot access the
> internet at all.  The only way I've found to make it work is to stop the
> network {/etc/init.d/network stop} before dialing out using kppp.  I've
> gone as far as setting up kppp to stop and start the network when
> I'm using
> it.  That feels more like a kludge than a fix, any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Calvin
>
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