I use Mandrake 10.1 with speedtouch 330 and shorewall (option no services to allow the internet to connect to as I use my machine only to browse the internet). I downloaded the Mandrake updates available at the mirror sites. I find that a decent connection with my internet provider is normally not established after the first boot. It may take a few extra machine restarts before the DNS addresses are known. The authentication process with the provider seems to be OK in all cases because the file /var/log/messages reflects both local and remote IP and the command ifconfig invariably indicates the connection is there:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:4594 (4.4 Kb) TX bytes:4594 (4.4 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:xx.xxx.xx.xx P-t-P:yyy.yyy.yyy.y Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:54 (54.0 b) TX bytes:54 (54.0 b) The number of RX and TX packets is low however in case of failure. The /var/log/messages in these failure cases do not show the DNS addresses. Two things surprise me a bit. 1. In case of success, the information about the addresses shows the familiar layout: Aug 10 00:17:22 localhost pppd[2319]: local IP address xx.xxx.xx.xx Aug 10 00:17:22 localhost pppd[2319]: remote IP address yyy.yyy.yyy.y Aug 10 00:17:22 localhost pppd[2319]: primary DNS address zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz Aug 10 00:17:22 localhost pppd[2319]: secondary DNS address aaa.aaa.a.aa but in /var/log/messages this information comes many lines BEFORE the modem message: Aug 10 00:17:16 localhost modem_run[1147]: ADSL line is up (1600 kbit/s down | 512 kbit/s up) though the time indicates the order is OK. 2. In case of failure, the lines giving the local and remote addresses seems to be lacking carriage returns: Aug 10 00:02:43 localhost pppd[2232]: local IP address xx.xxx.xx.xx <29>Aug 10 00:02:43 pppd[2232]: remote IP address yyy.yyy.yyy.y I have no idea what is going on. Ed Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]