ppp: add route but not default

[Matthew Seaman]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 09:52:30AM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> 
> 
> Willie Viljoen wrote:
> >On Tuesday 15 April 2003 9:34, someone, possibly Per olof Ljungmark, typed:
> >
> >>I am setting up a wan ppp link to a remote place and wonder how to
> >>(automagically) add a route when the link is up that is *not* the
> >>default route?
> >
> >
> >If you are using real ppp (pppd, not a userland implementation), then this 
> >is very easy. Simply put this in /etc/ppp/ip-up
> >
> >#!/bin/sh
> >route add -net 10.0.0.0 10.0.255.4 255.255.255.0
> >
> >Substitute with your own IPs, gateway and netmask, and make sure that 
> >/etc/ppp/ip-up is executable.
> >
> >It might also be prudent to delete the route in /etc/ppp/ip-down, when the 
> >link drops.
> 
> <sigh> had just got userland ppp working. Do I need to start from 
> scratch with pppd?

No.  Userland ppp(8) has an almost identical mechanism using the
/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup and /etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown files to trigger actions
on change of state of the ppp link.  The syntax is much the same as
the ppp.conf file, but you probably want something like this in
/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup:

    papchap:
        add! 123.45.67.89/24 HISADDR

The ppp(8) man page and the many excellent examples in
/usr/share/examples/ppp will get you started.

Plus I'd take issue with the characterisation of kernel space pppd as
the "real" PPP.  My experience has been that userland ppp(8) is
considered the way to go for most normal uses, and that it is more
actively maintained than the kernel pppd.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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