Hi,
Try adding "defaultroute" to kppp to make the ppp connection the default route
to the ISP's gateway.
You should be able to have ppp0 and eth0 up at the same time and each will have
a different IP address. ppp will use the ISP assigned IP address and eth0 should
be set to a private IP address
Hi Kirk,
I think your system is requesting the remote system to authenticate. This is
unnecessary. Your system only needs answer the authentication request from the
remote system. This feature allows both peers to mutually authenticate for
added security.
You need to add the keyword "noauth" (wi
Try using the DrakConf icon on the KDE desktop.
Enter the root password when prompted. A GUI should pop-up showing a load
of packages that can be used to configure your system.
Select the printer configuration button. Another window called "Local
Printer Options" should appear. The queue name sh
Was the same ISP used with all the Linux versions that you tried ?
I suspect the problem is your ISP or a bad telephone line. There could a lot of
frames being lost and retried (by your modem if error correction enabled) which
would account for some of the pauses.
You may have to play with the P
Hi,
lo is the local host interface. I think it is an IP address starting 172.
something. It is a special fixed IP address for this purpose.
It is used for local (internal) loopback for things like local host name
lookups. eg. to look-up the host name of your computer. It looks like your
computer
Hi,
You can have a modem connection running with a network connection as well.
You need to use the keyword "defaultroute" (without quotes) in your kppp script
or settings. This will force the use of the modem connection in preference to
the network connection.
Also, it is likely that you have n
