[ale] manual ppp0 up?

[gt0543b at prism.gatech.edu (George A. Nies)]

> Ok,
>   I just installed 2.1.78 and it's pretty happy.  Especially since it has
> ICMP Masq built in... :>
> 
>   Anyway,  My ppp-on script runs nice and happy and dials up.  The only
> problem is my log gives me this:
> 
> Jan 10 12:42:44 moat pppd[363]: Remote message: 
> Jan 10 12:42:47 moat pppd[363]: local  IP address 204.144.173.13
> Jan 10 12:42:47 moat pppd[363]: remote IP address 204.144.173.253
> Jan 10 12:42:47 moat pppd[363]: ioctl(SIOCADDRT) device route: Network is down
> 
> However if I do a:
> 
> ifconfig ppp0 up
> route add default ppp0
> 
> all works well.  Did I mix up something?

Try adding "defaultroute" to /etc/ppp/options

	-George