You don't specify the gateway.  pppd assumes that the remote ip address 
_is_ a gateway, at least to something. And when you use the `defaultroute'
option, it will automatically install a default route pointing to the 
remote IP address when the line comes up and delete the default route 
when it comes down.

On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, synapse wrote:

> ok, i feel somewhat embarassed to ask, but where do i specify the address
> of a gateway in a pppd setup? i don't have it in /etc/ppp/options.
> i think i remember setting it a long time ago with my previous ISP, but i
> changed ISP's, and i can't remember where i set it.
> the address keeps showing up when i connect:
>      ppp0 <-> /dev/tty00
>      local ip address: x.x.x.x
>      remote ip address: x.x.x.x
> i'd like to know how i can reset the remote ip address.
> thanks :)
>   - a
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