Hi,
This is an issue that seems to be restricted to the
AGRSM package... I experience the exact same thing.
(Perhaps because WVDIAL doesn't modify routing?)
Bjorn
--- jayjwa <jayjwa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Bjorn Wielens wrote:
>
> > With regards to eth0, it will need to be brought
> down
> > every time you want to dial. You could perhaps
> write a
> > small 3-line bash script that does this, then
> dials,
> > and when you press a certain key combo,
> disconnects
> > the modem and brings eth0 back up.
>
> I'm just wondering why this is. On my external
> machine, which connects using a
> linmodem to an ISP, I've 4 other interfaces one of
> which is an ethernet
> (eth0). I've never downed any of them. Prehaps this
> is a routing issue? In
> that case, you only need to set route to the host at
> the other end of your
> dial up connection if it's your gateway. Come to
> think of it, my eth0 is up at
> boot long before I get the kmod for the linmode
> loaded, dialout, and get a
> ppp0 to work with.
>
> If you're using pppd, you can also put commands in
> ip-up and ip-down scripts
> in /etc/ppp. Those get run before and after pppd
> does its thing.
>
>
> These are actually from the machine I'm on now, but
> are almost identical to
> the ones I'm refering to (connecting the same ISP in
> the same way).
>
> root> pppd call localnet
>
> My nameservers are always set and don't change.
>
>
> /etc/ppp/peers/localnet:
> --------------------------------------
>
> ## Localnet.com
> ##
> ## PPPd peer connect script
>
> lock
> defaultroute
> noipdefault
>
> # Using the cellphone's built-in modem
> #/dev/ttyACM0
>
> # Using the Conexant Linmodem when we've the kmods
> for it
> /dev/ttySHSF0
>
> 57600
> crtscts
> debug
> noauth
> passive
> asyncmap 0
> name "myusername"
>
> connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f
> /etc/ppp/localnet-connect"
>
>
>
> /etc/ppp/localnet-connect:
> ---------------------------------------
>
> TIMEOUT 60
> ABORT ERROR
> ABORT BUSY
> ABORT "NO CARRIER"
> ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
> "" "AT&FH0"
> OK "atdt2354500"
> TIMEOUT 75
> CONNECT
>
>
> /etc/ppp/ip-up:
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
> #!/bin/zsh
> ##
> ## This file /etc/ppp/ip-up is run by pppd when
> there's a
> ## successful ppp connection.
> ## Any commands you want printed to the screen
> should be directed
> ## to: >/dev/tty0
> ##
> ## The companion file is /etc/ppp/ip-down, it's run
> when the PPP
> ## connection ends.
> ##
> ## Parameter args:
> ## 1 = network device (ex: ppp0)
> ## 2 = device attached to (ex: /dev/modem)
> ## 3 = Speed of connection 57600 (ISP will rate
> limit this down)
> ## 4 = (your, eg, this host) local IP
> ## 5 = remote pppd IP address
>
> # The environment is cleared before executing this
> script
> # so the path must be reset.
>
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
> export PATH
>
> # Example parameters might be like so:
> #Param 1: ppp0
> #Param 2: /dev/modem
> #Param 3: 57600
> #Param 4: 64.179.15.96
> #Param 5: 66.202.18.57
>
> # Print results on screen, to logfile later at
> script end
> echo "Connected $1 on $2 @ $3 bps. Local addr: $4
> <--> Remote endpoint addr: $5" > /dev/tty0
>
> ## The below commands are used on the gateway
> version of this script only,
> ## and not on this host. They are left for future
> examples only.
> # Fix hosts file
> #old_ip_addr=`awk '/^64.*atr2\.ath\.cx/ { print $1
> }' /etc/hosts`
> #new_ip_addr=$4
> #replace "$old_ip_addr" "$new_ip_addr" -- /etc/hosts
> && logger -s -t ip-up -p daemon.notice -- "Local IP
> set to $new_ip_addr: hosts file updated."
>
> # Fix Silcd's conf file (the daemon can't bind
> 0.0.0.0 for some reason)
> #replace "$old_ip_addr" "$new_ip_addr" --
> /usr/local/etc/silc/silcd.conf
>
> # Update DNS at dyndns.org
> #ddclient && logger -s -t ip-up -p daemon.notice --
> "DNS updated: $1 - $4 sent to dyndns.org"
>
> # Clear nscd host's cache
> nscd -i hosts && logger -s -t ip-up -p daemon.info
> -- "Nscd hosts cache cleared"
>
> # Restart everything that can't handle a changing IP
> address
> local server
> for server ( rc.p0f rc.fl0p rc.silcd rc.proftpd
> rc.snmpd rc.ircd ); do
> $server restart 1> /dev/null
> usleep 400
> done
>
> # Write a system log only summery
> logger -t ip-up -p daemon.info -- "Ip-up finished;
> $1 connected on $2 at $3 bps "
>
> #EOF
>
>
>
> /etc/ppp/ip-down:
> --------------------------------------
>
> #!/bin/zsh
> ##
> ## This script is run by pppd after the PPP
> connection is ended.
> ##
> ## The companion file is /etc/ppp/ip-up, it's run
> when the PPP
> ## connection is started.
> ##
>
> # The environment is cleared before executing this
> script
> # so the path must be reset.
>
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
> export PATH
>
> # Just print some stats and a notice, log it
> echo "\n\n ===[PPP Connection Close:End
> Stats]=======================\n\n" > /dev/tty0
> pppstats > /dev/tty0
>
> logger -t ip-down -p daemon.info -- "Ip-down
> finished: PPP link closed."
>
>
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