derek martin writes:
> It seems as though you've correctly assessed that pppd was
> not setting up the default route.  The most likely reason
> is that it hasn't been told to do so.  To fix that
> properly, tell it to, using the defaultroute option.  Find
> where your system sets its ppp options (a good start is
> /etc/ppp/options) and add "defaultroute" to that file.
> Though, it's strange that it isn't already doing that...

yup.  forgot to put my carefully squirreled copy of options
in /etc.  did so and now all happens as advertised.  thanks.

dan

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