On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 12:17 +0000, grantrocket2 wrote:
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> >
> >
> > man route
> >
> > Something like:
> >
> > route add default gw 192.168.1.1 eth1
> >
> > may fix you up.
> >
> > Of course you're going to have to use a real IP and interface for
> your setup. route -n will show you what your system is doing.
> >
>
> ok, so I did "route add default gw 68.28.241.85 ppp0"
> and it came back "SIOCADDRT: Operation not permitted"
> Looking in t he man pages a ppp0 connection is not supported. (I
> think)
> also, my IP address for this modem changes every time I connect to
> sprint. So is there a way to do a hardware reference instead of an IP
> reference?
>
This is because you are using a usb modem, most of the previous advice
works if you have a external modem/router (on a fixed i.p.) What you
need to do is enable connection sharing and then use the connected box
as the default gateway for your network.
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