Subj : Default Route
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Shive
Date : Thu Jul 08 2004 10:50 pm

I am fairly new at Linux (Knoppix/Debian Woody) and am still a long way
from even semi guru-ness so I hope this question makes sense.

Connected a modem to my PC and went through the setup to get online. It
was fairly simple - much simpler than the old Slackware that I sorta
started on years ago. Dialed out and connected the first time. Couldn't
believe it. (My making it work, that is. Not that Linux worked)

However, the handshake goes ok and I connect with my ISP but it will never
actually find a URL, nor will the email connect.

Lots of surfing (On my cast off Winders laptop, alas, and this broadband
work PC) got me the answer of logging in as SU and then issuing a "route
del default eth0".  After that, I can connect just fine till I power off.

Don't quite understand the default route thingie yet, but I will get there
with enough reading.

My questions...
Where is the best/standard/accepted/etc) place to put the route command?
Or is there a config file that I need to update? I made a script and then
called it as a runlevel startup command. It worked but I have a feeling
that my method is a kludge and there is a much better place to fix the
problem.

Why does the problem? vary by PC?  A friend has the same setup (not
identical hardware, but the same configuration (modem/ethernet/sound/etc)
and we used the same install disks and procedures). His dialed with no
route problems.  Mine doesn't. Whose machine installed correctly? (This
last may be an open ended question along the lines of "My PC doesn't
work!!! What's wrong????  Help!!!"  Please ignore if so.)

Thanks
Shive

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