Re: PPP changes since 2.1.65

Kurt Garloff (garloff@kg1.ping.de)
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 08:50:20 +0100

On Sun, Mar 15, 1998 at 09:28:54PM -0500, Mark Shapiro wrote:
> I recently upgraded my router's kernel from 2.1.65 to 2.1.89... Even using
> ...
>
> pppd[247]: ioctl(SIOCADDRT) device route: Network is down
>
> It then disconnects. When I go back down to 2.1.65 it works fine, so I know
> it's not a problem on the other end.
>
> I'm using pppd 2.2.0f.

Read linux/documentation/Changes:
Either apply a simple patch (to be found in the Changes document for kernels
<2188) to pppd or upgrade to pppd-2.3.3.

The problem is, that Linux returns a error code on setting a route on a not
ifconfig'ed up network device (ENOTCONN?). This has been changed somewhere
between 2165 and 2185. pppd-220f erroneously exits on that.

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Kurt Garloff, Dortmund 
<K.Garloff@ping.de>
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