"route add default" directive

Each time I boot my machine up, I have to issue "route add default
eth0" in order to be able to load a web page in my browser successfully.
If I don't, I get the message "Looking up google.com ...".

There is no router involved, the box's NIC is directly connected to
a cable modem. Here's my /etc/network/interfaces:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet ppp

address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 127.0.0.0
broadcast 127.0.0.255
gateway 127.0.0.1

pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
provider dsl-provider

Do you see any mistake? The distro is Debian Etch, if that matters.

Joerg
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