RE: Help with internet connection

[Paul Hamm]

Check your routing to be sure you are using the dialup network connection as the default route for access beyond your local lan.  I have had problems with this myself the solution was to be sure that the local lan NIC started after the in my case DSL ppp0 connection.  To verify run route at the command line the output should look something like this

 

[root@charon root]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
10.9.32.1       *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
192.168.101.0   *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth1
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
default         10.9.32.1       0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ppp0

 

The default gateway should be provided by yout ISP.  If the default gateway is pointed at say eth1 you will have a problem connecting outside your local lan.  To further test try pinging know ip addresses.  When testing with ping you should start with the local connections and work your way out.

I find that ISP gateways and dns servers are great as you must be able to see them to do anything else.

 

 

 

 

 -----Original Message-----
From: BG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help with internet connection

Hi,

 

Please help this newbie get an internet connection established.  I am using RH 7.2.  I have setup the modem and it dials and logs on and appears to be working.  I think I have entered in the provider info and DNS ip's correctly, but when I start Netscape it can't resolve any addresses.  A step by step checklist with any and all info would be greatly appreciated.  BTW... I tried using the internet connection "wizard" and that did a whole bunch of nothing.

 

Kind regards,

Bill