How to delete/replace default route using ppp?

[Bill Moran]

stan wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 01:52:43PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
>>stan wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to get a new laptop set up for a quick out of town trip.
>>>
>>>Can anyone help me with the ppp.conf syntax to clear/replace an existing
>>>default rout for the duration of a ppp linkup?
>>>
>>>That is, the machine starts off with a default route, which I want to
>>>delete and replace with the ppp route for the duration of the conection.
>>>Then I wnat to put the orignal route back.
>>>
>>>Sugestions?
>>
>>Please forgive me if I'm saying something you already know.
>>
>>The default ppp.conf file has a line:
>>add default HISADDR
>>Which should do what you want.
>>I'm not 100% sure that this will actually "delete" a previous route.
> 
> 
> That's the issue. It will not. Yo get an error message about route 0.0.0.0
> already existing.
> 
> Acording to the ppp.conf man page the line
>  delete default
>  or
>  delete ALL
> 
>  _should work, but I'm having troubel getting them to work for me.

Hmmm ... it's been a while, but ...

Doesn't ppp have a scripting interface?  If so, you should be able to run
a script that does 'route delete default'?

Just thinking out loud.

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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