pon connects ok to remote VPN but I cant get a route added automatically
 

Hi,
I have configured a VPN connection to a remote router which connects ok. I can ping the remote router IP, but cannot ping any other IP on their network.
I have put this down to needing a route added. I can manually type

# route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev ppp0

and all works like I want it to, but I really need this to be automatic everytime the connection starts.
I have tried following http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ro...utomatic-setup but cant get it to work. The file is called /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/routing and has execution priviledges (755) so ive hit a dead end. Ive even tried shrinking the file down to

#!/bin/sh
if [ "${PPP_IPPARAM}" = "tunnel" ]; then
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0/24 dev ${IFNAME}
fi

But still nothing :(

Hope you can help.
Dave

Debian Lenny 2.6.26-2-686 base install (no desktop) with all updates

/etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.05.xx
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.05.xx

auto ppp0
iface ppp0 inet ppp
provider host1


/etc/ppp/options.pptp
lock
noauth
refuse-pap
refuse-eap
refuse-chap
refuse-mschap
nobsdcomp
nodeflate
require-mppe-128


/etc/ppp/peers/host1
pty "pptp ipofremotehost --nolaunchpppd"
name loginname1
remotename PPTP
require-mppe-128
file /etc/ppp/options.pptp
ipparam host1
persist

My understanding is that the name specified in the ipparam line of /etc/ppp/peers/host1 should be the same as the one you use in the if comparison in the /etc/ppp/if-up.d script.

Fixed
 

Thanks Neonsignal, thought it would be something simple that I was missing.
Once I changed the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/routing file to
#!/bin/sh
if [ "${PPP_IPPARAM}" = "host1" ]; then
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0/24 dev ${IFNAME}
fi

It all started working as normal.
Thanks again

where can I assign a static IP for my VPN ppp connection
 

This connection works fine getting its IP address from the remote router, but how would I setup a static IP for this ppp connection?
I can see localip:remoteip in the man pppd pages but I can only get the point to point ip to change, not the inet addr of the ppp0 connection.