[lug] DNS problems

[J. Wayde Allen]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Elyse Grasso wrote:

> Does her machine have a lan connection as well as the ppp?

No

> I find that when that is the case, the gateway doesn't get set
> correctly when the ppp connection is constructed. Try doing a route -n
> and make sure the default gateway is set to ppp0, or just add a route
> to the universe via ppp0.
> 
> (I use 'route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev ppp0' which is bogus but 
> seems to let things talk to the offsite nameservers...)

Hmmmm ... probably worth checking.  I did look at netstat -r to be sure
she was getting a route.  It took a while, but the table did
update.  Seemed OK, but I'm not particularly well versed in how to read
these listings.  Mostly I was interested in knowing that she was actually
getting dialup IP address assigned.

- Wayde
  (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)