Re: [LUG] Dialup woes (yeah.. again)

[Pete Hatton <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> OK, i dial up, authenticate, get assigned an IP address and thats about it
> !!
>
> I am unable to ping the ppp0 address, the remote address (P-t-P), or anything
> else !!
>
> I have one ethernet interface (eth0) and loopback (lo) I am trying with 2
> different ISP's still getting the same result.

In your dialup config are you setting ppp0 as the default route?  If you type 
route -n  you should have a line that reads something like.

0.0.0.0  ip.of.isp.connection UG ppp0

Pete Hatton
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Quoting neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

>

> DNS doesn't work... so running 'route' takes ages and only gives the IP
> addresses...
>
> Can anyone shed light on how the hell to fix this damn annoying problem ?
>
> Free beer to the person who fixes it...
>
> Neil
>
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