Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > 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. >> >> > > The line I deleted was "gateway" from the file "/etc/network/interfaces" --- Scotty
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