Re: [expert] 56K dialup problems... Solved!
It's done!!! OK, tried disabling the firewall and that's what I got: ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted. So I checked in groups.google and that was some hint the machine and it's gateway are in different subnets. I should either make sure they are in the same subnet or enable ip forwarding. And with your hint to enabling ip forwarding in /etc/sysconfig/network plus the GATEWAYDEV=ppp0 now everything is working! Thanks a lot to all. I haven't used dial-up modems for quite a few years and my parents were almost losing trust in me as the modem didn't work out of the box. Thanks again. Marcio Cordero > On Saturday 21 December 2002 09:29 am, you wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I have a problem with my dial-up modem. It's just a plain old 56k modem > > I've been using in a computer I had before with MDK 8.0 - 8.2. Since I > > bought this new machine and installed MDK 9.0 for the first time, I am > not > > able to ping anything, not even my provider's nameserver or remote > server. > > I get a connection, yes, and that seems to work like it always has but > > that's all. If I ping I domain I get ping: unknown host www and if I > > ping an IP address I just get timeouts. > > I checked and I don't have any default route with 0.0.0.0. I also don't > > have GATEWAY entry in /etc/sysconfig/network and I put GATEWAY=ppp0 just > to > > make sure it's correct. There's no network card to blame on setting a > > default route. Tried the most obvious options in /etc/ppp/options like > > defaultroute and noipdefault. All to no avail. I wouldn't be upset if it > > wasn't that it has always worked with MDK 8.2 and it still works under > > Win98 (dual boot). Any help would be GREATLY appreciated :-) > > TIA, > > Marcio Cordero > > Marcio - I have a network card and an external modem - I always have to go > > into /etc/sysconfig/network and change a few things. Mine looks like this: > > NETWORKING=yes > FORWARD_IPV4=true > HOSTNAME=darkforce.com > DOMAINNAME=com > GATEWAY= > GATEWAYDEV=ppp0 > > > I hope this helps ya :-) > > -- > >/\ >Dark< >Lord >\/ > > -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 56K dialup problems
On Saturday 21 December 2002 09:29 am, you wrote: > Hi everybody, > I have a problem with my dial-up modem. It's just a plain old 56k modem > I've been using in a computer I had before with MDK 8.0 - 8.2. Since I > bought this new machine and installed MDK 9.0 for the first time, I am not > able to ping anything, not even my provider's nameserver or remote server. > I get a connection, yes, and that seems to work like it always has but > that's all. If I ping I domain I get ping: unknown host www and if I > ping an IP address I just get timeouts. > I checked and I don't have any default route with 0.0.0.0. I also don't > have GATEWAY entry in /etc/sysconfig/network and I put GATEWAY=ppp0 just to > make sure it's correct. There's no network card to blame on setting a > default route. Tried the most obvious options in /etc/ppp/options like > defaultroute and noipdefault. All to no avail. I wouldn't be upset if it > wasn't that it has always worked with MDK 8.2 and it still works under > Win98 (dual boot). Any help would be GREATLY appreciated :-) > TIA, > Marcio Cordero Marcio - I have a network card and an external modem - I always have to go into /etc/sysconfig/network and change a few things. Mine looks like this: NETWORKING=yes FORWARD_IPV4=true HOSTNAME=darkforce.com DOMAINNAME=com GATEWAY= GATEWAYDEV=ppp0 I hope this helps ya :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 56K dialup problems
Your changes only affect the interfaces that have been set up, and you probably haven't set up ppp0. Please don't disable the firewall, rather learn how to use it. You'll need to edit: /etc/shorewall/interfaces -- define the interfaces and basic characteristics like addressing, routing. /etc/shorewall/zones -- define the networks attached to interfaces. /etc/shorewall/policy -- define high-level policy (accept from here to there and deny from there to somewhere else) /etc/shorewall/rules -- define exceptions to policy (deny ftp from here to there and accept ssh from there to somewhere else) Linux's networking capability is an unheralded secret... with the 2.4 kernel it is unmatched in quality by anything in the commercial networking world. You can do things with a good PC and Linux that Cisco simply can't do or would charge $50K for. With this kind of power comes some learning curve, though. You might look into Gshield -- not sure if it's any better than drakfirewall at configuring multiple external interfaces, but a lot of people on the list seem to like it. Hope this helps, Jack On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 09:13, Marcio Cordero wrote: > Jack, > thanks for the advice. I am not at the machine right now but as far as I > remember I did allow all services on shorewall, thus kind of disabling the > firewall. It didn't work then. Should I uninstall shorewall or do you think just > "service shorewall stop" would do? I'll try tomorrow morning and let you all > know. Thanks a lot BTW, > Marcio Cordero > > You probably have shorewall installed -- Mandrake's default > > configuration can't handle multiple interfaces. It's easy enough to fix, > > but you better disable the DrakConf firewall tool as it will hose you > > back up again :-) > > > > On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 06:29, Marcio Cordero wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > I have a problem with my dial-up modem. It's just a plain old 56k modem > > I > > 've > > > been using in a computer I had before with MDK 8.0 - 8.2. Since I bought > > > this new machine and installed MDK 9.0 for the first time, I am not able > > to ping > > > anything, not even my provider's nameserver or remote server. I get a > > > connection, yes, and that seems to work like it always has but that's > > all > > . If I > > > ping I domain I get ping: unknown host www and if I ping an IP > > addres > > s I > > > just get timeouts. > > > I checked and I don't have any default route with 0.0.0.0. I also don't > > h > > ave > > > GATEWAY entry in /etc/sysconfig/network and I put GATEWAY=ppp0 just to > > make > > > sure it's correct. There's no network card to blame on setting a default > > > route. Tried the most obvious options in /etc/ppp/options like > > defaultrou > > te and > > > noipdefault. All to no avail. I wouldn't be upset if it wasn't that it > > has > > > always worked with MDK 8.2 and it still works under Win98 (dual boot). > > An > > y help > > > would be GREATLY appreciated :-) > > > TIA, > > > Marcio Cordero > > > > > > -- > > > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > > > NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > > Jack Coates > > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... > > > > > > > > -- > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 56K dialup problems
Jack, thanks for the advice. I am not at the machine right now but as far as I remember I did allow all services on shorewall, thus kind of disabling the firewall. It didn't work then. Should I uninstall shorewall or do you think just "service shorewall stop" would do? I'll try tomorrow morning and let you all know. Thanks a lot BTW, Marcio Cordero > You probably have shorewall installed -- Mandrake's default > configuration can't handle multiple interfaces. It's easy enough to fix, > but you better disable the DrakConf firewall tool as it will hose you > back up again :-) > > On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 06:29, Marcio Cordero wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I have a problem with my dial-up modem. It's just a plain old 56k modem > I > 've > > been using in a computer I had before with MDK 8.0 - 8.2. Since I bought > > this new machine and installed MDK 9.0 for the first time, I am not able > to ping > > anything, not even my provider's nameserver or remote server. I get a > > connection, yes, and that seems to work like it always has but that's > all > . If I > > ping I domain I get ping: unknown host www and if I ping an IP > addres > s I > > just get timeouts. > > I checked and I don't have any default route with 0.0.0.0. I also don't > h > ave > > GATEWAY entry in /etc/sysconfig/network and I put GATEWAY=ppp0 just to > make > > sure it's correct. There's no network card to blame on setting a default > > route. Tried the most obvious options in /etc/ppp/options like > defaultrou > te and > > noipdefault. All to no avail. I wouldn't be upset if it wasn't that it > has > > always worked with MDK 8.2 and it still works under Win98 (dual boot). > An > y help > > would be GREATLY appreciated :-) > > TIA, > > Marcio Cordero > > > > -- > > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > > NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- > Jack Coates > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... > > > -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 56K dialup problems
I think that the problem is shorewall, i had the same problem, set down firewall and now i'm writing to you. El dia Saturday 21 December 2002 12:43, Jack Coates puso esta escritura en el mundo: > You probably have shorewall installed -- Mandrake's default > configuration can't handle multiple interfaces. It's easy enough to fix, > but you better disable the DrakConf firewall tool as it will hose you > back up again :-) > -- Gonzalo Avaria [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usuario Linux desde Chile Linux User From CHILE # Linux User #297343 # # Linux Box #182640 # (http://counter.li.org) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 56K dialup problems
You probably have shorewall installed -- Mandrake's default configuration can't handle multiple interfaces. It's easy enough to fix, but you better disable the DrakConf firewall tool as it will hose you back up again :-) On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 06:29, Marcio Cordero wrote: > Hi everybody, > I have a problem with my dial-up modem. It's just a plain old 56k modem I've > been using in a computer I had before with MDK 8.0 - 8.2. Since I bought > this new machine and installed MDK 9.0 for the first time, I am not able to ping > anything, not even my provider's nameserver or remote server. I get a > connection, yes, and that seems to work like it always has but that's all. If I > ping I domain I get ping: unknown host www and if I ping an IP address I > just get timeouts. > I checked and I don't have any default route with 0.0.0.0. I also don't have > GATEWAY entry in /etc/sysconfig/network and I put GATEWAY=ppp0 just to make > sure it's correct. There's no network card to blame on setting a default > route. Tried the most obvious options in /etc/ppp/options like defaultroute and > noipdefault. All to no avail. I wouldn't be upset if it wasn't that it has > always worked with MDK 8.2 and it still works under Win98 (dual boot). Any help > would be GREATLY appreciated :-) > TIA, > Marcio Cordero > > -- > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 56K dialup problems
Marcio, Here's my /etc/ppp/options file for comparison. I have an external 56k modem on serial port 1- works fine. I'm using kppp as the dialer. Please give us more info to help diagnose, like modem, dialer used and settings, ISP, etc. Have you tried to reconfigure with Mandrake Control center? Robert Crawford lock noauth noipdefault usepeerdns -- On Saturday 21 December 2002 09:29 am, Marcio Cordero wrote: > Hi everybody, > I have a problem with my dial-up modem. It's just a plain old 56k modem > I've been using in a computer I had before with MDK 8.0 - 8.2. Since I > bought this new machine and installed MDK 9.0 for the first time, I am not > able to ping anything, not even my provider's nameserver or remote server. > I get a connection, yes, and that seems to work like it always has but > that's all. If I ping I domain I get ping: unknown host www and if I > ping an IP address I just get timeouts. > I checked and I don't have any default route with 0.0.0.0. I also don't > have GATEWAY entry in /etc/sysconfig/network and I put GATEWAY=ppp0 just to > make sure it's correct. There's no network card to blame on setting a > default route. Tried the most obvious options in /etc/ppp/options like > defaultroute and noipdefault. All to no avail. I wouldn't be upset if it > wasn't that it has always worked with MDK 8.2 and it still works under > Win98 (dual boot). Any help would be GREATLY appreciated :-) > TIA, > Marcio Cordero Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
