RE: default route with PPP

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Carl

Hmmm I see :)  I missed the DHCP bit first time around but on re-reading it 
I see you problem.

Catch-22

I'd be interested in knowing how you get around it.

Regards
Evan Harris


>Problem with that is that the interface address changes each time I dial the
>ISP because they assign the IP address via DHCP when I connect w/PPP.
>cjg
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Evan Harris
>Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 3:57 PM
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: default route with PPP
>
>
>Carl
>
>have you tried associating the default routes with a specific interface ?
>
>I seem to remember having the same problem when adding an internet
>connection and bound each of the default routes I needed to a specific
>interface.
>
>Sorry I can't remember the parameters that I added but maybe this will
>point you in the right direction.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Regards
>Evan Harris
>
> >I am developing some code for a client.  Basically the code will attempt to
> >FTP to a site on the internet over the company's existing T1.  I ping the
> >FTP server first to see if the route is there.  If I can not get a return
>on
> >my ping I want to start a PPP dial up connection to an ISP, and then do the
> >FTP over the dial up line.
> >
> >All the pieces work fine, except one.  In my PPP profile I have set that
>the
> >dial up connection gets assigned the default route.  If I currently have a
> >default route set up in my routing table, the PPP connection will not work,
> >it says there is already a default route set up.  If I remove the default
> >route on the AS400, the PPP connection works fine and the data is routed
> >over the dial up to the internet.  All of my customer's systems already
>have
> >a default route set up on their AS400 pointing to the local router so the
> >data is moved over their WAN.  The only way I see to solve this problem is
> >to programmatically remove the default route in the routing table, start my
> >PTP PPP connection, do my FTP, end the PPP connection and then
> >programmatically add the default route entry back to the AS400.  This seems
> >less than elegant.  Any better ideas?
> >cjg
>
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