Double connection ethernet + ppp

Question

Sorry if the question is trivial, but I can't figure out..

I've my ethernet connection and I've created a ppp connection.

Now, keeping alive eth0 connection, how can I test ppp connection?

I would like to do something like this:

 ping <any_ip> -<ppp0 connection>

is this possibile?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '14 at 07:08

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You can either make the ppp link your default route,

route add default dev ppp0

or just add that route for the single IP you wish to ping,

route add <any_ip> dev ppp0

answered Jul 07 '14 at 07:08

Elliott Frisch

so, with the second, each time I ping that ip, ping always use ppp0 connetion? – Luca Davanzo Jul 07 '14 at 07:21
@Velthune Each time you do anything with that ip. ping, telnet, ftp, ssh, http, etc. Unless you remove the route. – Elliott Frisch Jul 07 '14 at 07:24
thanks, now I'm testing – Luca Davanzo Jul 07 '14 at 07:29

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