I had a similar problem, When I set up the machine I had a Ethernet card that was autodetected, and the the autodetection set up the ethernet card as the default gateway to the internet. While your ethernet is the default gateway the dialup won't establish itself as a gateway. Try to remove the gateway status of your ethernet card, and things should work.
It took me a few googles on Linux networking and I found this, but if you can't find a good webpage post a reply, and I will actually start up my old windows partition and see if I can find the webpage that clued me in. Good luck, --- Scotty F. GEIGER wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Woody) and stuck in the middle: > > I exec "pon VOL" and get a connection, but no pings do return (100% loss). > > As a connection has been estblished, I guess the several config files are > okay. Therefore I've pasted the output of "netstat -nr", "route", and > "ifconf ppp0", shown while the connection is established. > > As I come from an OS, where one can configure an Internet connection with > a few clicks and get into the Internet with two more clicks (did I already > say, I'm a newbie? :-)), it's beyond me to fully recognize all the content > of those lines. My Linux box' address is 192.168.200.101. This leads me to > find the lines > > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 > sl0 > > and > > default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 0 > sl0 > > kind of strange. But, please, see for yourselves: > > netstat -nr > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt > Iface > 194.183.133.58 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 > ppp0 > 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 > sl0 > 192.168.200.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 > sl0 > > > route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 194.183.133.58 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 > ppp0 > 192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0 > sl0 > 192.168.200.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 0 > sl0 > > > ifconfig ppp0 > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:194.208.126.37 P-t-P:194.183.133.58 > Mask:255.255.255.255 > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:10 > RX bytes:425 (425.0 b) TX bytes:355 (355.0 b) > > So, what am I missing? Do I have to add or change a default route or > something like that? > > Kind regards > Franz GEIGER, lookin' for kind helping hands. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]