Hi Robert, Thanks for your advice.
The Debian box is connected to broadband via a ADSL modem with dynamic IP. I ran 'pppoeconfig' to setup the connection. Up to this point it seemed without problem, ISP connected and confirmed with 'ifconfig'. But connection to Internet was blocked. I searched around to find out whether the gateway in the network card has entry which will mislead looking to the gateway and could not find it. '/etc/init.d/iptables stop' reconfirmed firewall having not started (I have not configured firewall yet). I could not discover the cause of blocking connection to Internet. B.R. Stephne On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 21:41, Robert Storey wrote: > Dear Stephen, > > You didn't say what kind of broadband you want to connect to. There would be a > difference between adsl and cable, as well as pppoe and adsl with a fixed address. > > I'm not an expert, but I just yesterday connect to adsl (using pppoe). If that > describes your situation, try running "pppoeconf" - it's fairly intuitive and it > worked well for me. > > As for using "ping", I understand that many web sites are blocking the ping command > (or am I wrong about this?). I'm using Guarddog as a firewall, and I've also got > ping blocked. > > regards, > Robert > > On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:29:33 +0800 > Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > My Debian box can't connect Internet, Broadband connected. > > > > # ifconfig > > showed connecting ISP > > > > I played around with following files without a solution; > > > > # cat /etc/network/ifstate > > lo=lo > > eth0=eth0 > > > > # cat /etc/network/interfaces > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration > > file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > # The loopback interface > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian > > installationauto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > # cat /etc/network/spoof-protect > > LOCAL_IPS="127.0.0.1/8" > > LOCAL_IFACES="eth0 eth1 ppp0" > > (Remark: having tried; > > #LOCAL_IPS="127.0.0.1/8" > > #LOCAL_IFACES="eth0 eth1 ppp0" > > LOCAL_IFACES="eth0 ppp0" > > > > After each change made > > # /etc/init.d/networking restart > > Reconfiguring network interfaces: done) > > > > # cat /etc/network/interfaces.dpkg-new > > # (no output, an empty file) > > > > # cat /etc/network/options > > ip_forward=no > > spoofprotect=yes > > syncookies=no > > (having tried; > > ip_forward=yes > > spoofprotect=no > > syncookies=yes) > > > > # ping -c 3 www.yahoo.com > > ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com > > > > # /etc/init.d/iptables stop > > Aborting iptables load: unknown ruleset, "inactive". > > > > iptables has not been configured yet > > > > Kindly advise how to fix the problem. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > B.R. > > Stephen Liu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
