yes I agree to your opinion: but where in the hell is my "higher level problem"? Where is a possibility to set wrong configuration info? ################### /etc/chap-secrets seems to be OK because I see the confirmation in the syslog file and I get (little) connection to my ISP ################### # /etc/ppp/options # noauth usepeerdns lock noipdefault defaultroute #
################### the pppd parameter script /etc/ppp/peers/myadsl #debug #kdebug 1 noipdefault defaultroute pty "/usr/sbin/pppoa3 -m 1 -v 1 -c -e 1 -vpi 8 -vci 48" sync user "xxxxxxxxxx" noaccomp nopcomp noccp novj persist holdoff 4 maxfail 25 usepeerdns ################### the startscript: modprobe ppp_generic modprobe ppp_synctty modprobe n_hdlc # modprobe usbcore # usb-uhci modem_run -f /var/opt/speedtouch/userdriver/mgmt.o -m -s pppd call myadsl sleep 5 ifconfig ppp0 ################### the related resolv.conf entries in /etc and /etc/ppp resp. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 2 19:59 resolv.conv -> /etc/ppp/resolv.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46 Jul 15 06:39 ppp/resolv.conf ################### /etc/ppp/resolv.conf nameserver 195.3.96.67 nameserver 195.3.96.68 That's my configuration. Of course I tried other parameters in the /etc/ppp/options - but without success. And I'm sure: 2 weeks ago the system was working fine with this configuration. Can you discover any conspicous constellation? -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Ok Overbeek (mz) Gesendet: Montag, 14. Juli 2003 23:32 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: [speedtouch] Re: ping impossible Sorry Wito, but I think you're pinging at the wrong address here :-) This group's business is about getting the speedtouch working and not about the intimate knowledge of ping. BTW most people use ping as a tool (or doorbell, if you wish) to see if someone is home so to speak. I always accepted it 'as is' and never was interested in the 'how', though having heard of echo-requests etc. It seems a waste of time for you to dive into these realms, while your connection problem should be easily solved on a higher level. From then on, before you know it, you will be pinging the whole world (wow!). Ok wito wrote: >the first function call in the ping's source is a call to >"gethostbyname()" - and returns null. In the manual pages of gethostbyname() >is a cross reference to "named(8)". I guess that means "name daemon"???? I >cannot find on my system neither a manual entry for "named" nor such a file >nor process ("ps -ef|grep name"). >My question: do I need this process?? And in the case I need it - where can >I get it from ? > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se disinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]