Hall Stevenson wrote: > > For as long as I've been using Debian, I've had DSL and never > the need to use dial-up... Last Thursday though, my DSL modem > died and I tried connecting with dial-up. > > Running 'pppconfig' worked fine and I'm able to connect. > Tail'ing /var/log/messages shows everything good, up to > assigning an IP address (and depending on how I have DNS set, > receiving DNS entries). Problem is, I can't do anything...This > includes pinging a website by IP address. That rules out a DNS > problem, doesn't it ?? > > I can ping the address I'm assigned (local) and the remote > address that /var/log/messages shows me (remote). > > I saw a recent post about the file "tcp_ecn" being set to > either '0' or '1'. Well, I don't have that file. I tried > 'touch tcp_ecn' and it didn't work. I tried 'echo 0 > tcp_ecn' > (in the proper dir) and it didn't work either, nor did it > create the file. > > Hopefully my replacement modem will be showing up very soon, > but I'd still like to have the ability to use dial-up if > needed. Any ideas and/or help ?? >
Do you have a gateway defined in /etc/network/interfaces? If so, # (comment) it out as long as you are using ppp. PPP will set its own default gateway. I have a similar problem when I try to use ppp on a machine that usually connects to the net via ethernet. Hope this helps. -- David Raeker-Jordan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Harrisburg, PA, USA
