On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:27:52 -0600, you wrote:
It sounds like a modem problem. Such as wrong irq being selected, or
other. If it was a winmodem it shouldnt work at all in linux, but it
really sounds like it can be traced pretty much to a problem either in
the modem itself or the configuration of same in linux.
>A week ago, I installed Mandrake 6.0 on my second PC -- my first attempt at
>a dual-boot system. While initial installation was simpler on this one than
>the first one, I cannot get my Internet connection to work. Unfortunately,
>it was necessary for my first PC to revert to *shudder* Windows, so I cannot
>use it for net access.
>
>I'm using KPPP and the connection is dialed up correctly, but I can only
>access websites within my ISP's domain. When trying to access, say,
>www.linux-mandrake.com, Netscape gives me a "TCP Error: Network is
>unreachable". So I tried pinging outside my ISP's domain and got "ping:
>sendto: Network is unreachable". This is not a temporary problem, as I have
>been struggling with it for 5 days without any sort of revelation.
>
>My connection to this ISP works fine in Windows. My ISP does supposedly
>support Linux and is the only one in my town that does. Unfortunately, it
>costs $25 per housecall for on-site support, and the tech doesn't want to
>tell me what to do in order to fix my own problem. It would also appear
>that my ISP only wants to support RedHat Linux, as the tech went into a rant
>about how "Mandrake is just a hacked-up verson of RedHat" when I emailed
>them for help.
>
>Here is what I have tried:
>netcfg (at the suggestion of my ISP) = same result
>upgrade to the ppp-2_3_8-1mdk_i586.rpm
>upgrade to the kdenetwork-1.1.1final-7mdk.i586.rpm
>upgrade to Netscape 4.61stable
>
>Is this really a problem with my Linux, a problem with my ISP, or the fabled
>wrath of the Penguin? If a Linux problem, how do I fix it?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Jeremy Kersenbrock
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
