I was still in school 10 years ago, you must be an old man Gustin ;-) Thanks for the heads-up! I'll do some hunting around if I can't get it working dynamically.
Rob -----Original Message----- From: Gustin Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 May 2009 21:42 To: Robert Rawlins - Think Blue Cc: 'voyage-linux' Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Voyage-linux] Huawei E160 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote: > O.K. Jordi that sounds good! I have my supposed APN/Username/Password here. > > I've configured pppconfig with my username, password and the telephone > number as *99#, does that sound correct? > > Then I run 'pon o2' which seems to go ok, I then get a new ppp device listed > under 'ifconfig'. However, I'm unable to ping any external addresses such as > www.google.co.uk I'm wondering if this is a DNS issue?. When configuring > pppconfig it asks if the DNS is static, dynamic or none, which of these > should I be choosing? > It depends on the ISP. You might to set the OpenDNS servers in the /etc/resolv.conf Their DNS servers are: 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 > Also, how would you recommend I set this so that the connection is > established on boot? The idea being that these are remote systems out in the > field and I need them auto-connect and ensure they stay connected. Can't help here, I have not used ppp in more than 10 years. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoUayYACgkQwRXgH3rKGfMQhQCfWyxvt7DQQ7OyLbx7WY7UDz/d d3gAn1xwPlH4g3tjJYy6oqjGefpO2ChK =YsSq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
