Tom -- I'm coming into this late ... but if you're reporting the complete
results of your ifconfig commands, then your problem is that your various
interfaces are not being configured.
You wrote:
> I checked eth0 and got:
> Link encap: Ethernet
> HWaddr 00:05:9A:A0:FC:83
> and the zeros for various RX and TX packets
>
While these values are "reasonable", the absence of a line like
inet addr:192.168.1.52 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
is *not* reasonable. It says that the interface is not configured, that is,
has not been assigned an IP address, netmask, and broadcast address. (The
above addresses are from my system, BTW; you'll have different values.) You
need to check that the appropriate init script (probably
/wherever_they_are_on_your_system/network) is consifuring the interface.
Similarly, ppp0 doesn't report any IP values. You wrote:
> I also checked ppp0 and got:
> Link encap: Point-To-Point protocol
> POINTOPOINT NOARP
> MULTICAST MTU:1500
> Metric:1
> and a bunch of zeros for the RX and TX packets
If you really don't have an IP address and such (called P-to-P here, I
think; I don't have a running ppp0 to check), then you aren't getting the
setup stuff you need from your ISP as part of the ppp handshaking process.
For that matter, even "ifconfig lo" should be reporting more than you tell
us. Are you sure you reported the output of these commands accurately? If
not, the parts you omitted are the important parts for troubleshooting.
At 02:45 PM 6/28/00 -0400, Tom Dove wrote:
>Jill and all,
>
> We're probably on the right track, but I have a couple of stupid questions.
>
> I checked the interfaces in the terminal mode with "ifconfig lo" as
>you said, and got the output you predicted.
>
> I also checked ppp0 and got:
> Link encap: Point-To-Point protocol
> POINTOPOINT NOARP
> MULTICAST MTU:1500
> Metric:1
> and a bunch of zeros for the RX and TX packets
>
> I checked eth0 and got:
> Link encap: Ethernet
> HWaddr 00:05:9A:A0:FC:83
> and the zeros for various RX and TX packets
>
> Are these all reasonable values?
[rest deleted]
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