----- Original Message ----- From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)
Civileme, Thanks for offering help. I think I've done all you suggested (see below), but I still get "Failed to connect to server mail.eurobell.co.uk" when I try to retrieve emails through mozilla. > > OK I am late in on this thread, but let's see > > You have PAP on their end without a doubt. > OK, have set it to PAP > If you are using 9.0, then you need to erase the GATEWAY=xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa entry > in /etc/sysconfig/network. Script error causes a big problem with ppp > connections by demanding a gateway that cannot point to ppp0. > OK, done that. > Now on to firewalling. If you use the command line, likely you will need to > bring up a terminal window and su first then give the root password > > > # iptables -L > > is the instruction to list all the tables and any rules within > > if you have tables and there are policies or rules in effect, you need to > > iptables -F OUTPUT > iptables -F INPUT > iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT > iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT > OK, done all those - didn't get any response, but at least no error messages. I'm not all that familiar with command line - does no response mean the command has been accepted? > to turn off filtering entirely. > > Now if iptables does not work at all, then you do not have it loaded and no > firewalling can be present, so firewalling would not be your problem > > An OLD OLD error was /etc/ppp/options > > it should be the following > > lock > noauth > noipdefault > usepeerdns > That is exactly what I have. > The usepeerdns can be eliminated if you set up your own dns pointers, Should I eliminate usepeerdns? >but the > noauth is critically important. When it is absent, the server is required to > authenticate itself to your PC and that dialog could produce the hangup > behavior you speak of. > > OTHER problems could be the protocol of your modem vs their protocol. If both > are not using V.92, this could be the case. In that case, change modems or > change ISPs. > > Civileme > The modem is the one I have been using for 2 years to connect to this ISP, but on the old Win 98 machine (which I'm using now to send this message), so I assume the modem and the ISP are compatible. When I got the new linux machine I was told I didn't need a new modem as the existing one would be OK - it is 3Com US Robotics 56K. Margot
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