Re: PPP and virtual lo: routing problem

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:25:20AM +0600, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 11:19:02AM +0600, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
> > > I'm setting up a PPP link between two Linuxes.  Let them be called as
> > > server (who receives a call) and client (who calls out).  After the
> > > connection has been established, the machines have got the following
> > > interfaces:
> > >
> > > Server (2.4.22):
> > >         lo      127.0.0.1       /8
> > >         eth0    192.168.1.1     /24
> > >         ppp1    192.168.1.253   /32
> > >
> > > Client (2.4.20):
> > >         lo      127.0.0.1       /8
> > >         lo:1    192.168.1.4     /24
> > >         ppp0    192.168.1.254   /32
> > >
> > > And in this configuration no one ping from the server has a reply.
> 
> > What exactly do you ping? Do you ping 192.168.1.254, or 192.168.1.4?
> > In the second case, it is perfectly normal for it not to work (at
> > least not as you expect).
> 
> I ping the PPP peer, of course...  And the result is enigmatic,
> though...
>

If in the setup above you do (from the server):

  ping 192.168.1.254

it should work.

/npat 

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