Re: PPP and virtual lo: routing problem

[Nick Patavalis (npat@inaccessnetworks.com)]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 11:19:02AM +0600, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
> I'm setting up a PPP link between two Linuxes.  Let them be called as
> server (who receives a call) and client (who calls out).  After the
> connection has been established, the machines have got the following
> interfaces:
> 
> Server (2.4.22):
>         lo      127.0.0.1       /8
>         eth0    192.168.1.1     /24
>         ppp1    192.168.1.253   /32
> 
> Client (2.4.20):
>         lo      127.0.0.1       /8
>         lo:1    192.168.1.4     /24
>         ppp0    192.168.1.254   /32
> 
> And in this configuration no one ping from the server has a reply.

What exactly do you ping? Do you ping 192.168.1.254, or 192.168.1.4?
In the second case, it is perfectly normal for it not to work (at
least not as you expect).

/npat

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