Re: ISDN Config - Default Gateway
Gary Ross wrote:
Hello Debian users,
After using first Slackware and then SuSE, I am now eagerly trying
Debian. As I have several years experience as a Solaris system
programmer/administrator, I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I
cannot get a working ISDN connection via my German T-Online ISP with
the debian system. The connection performs flawlessly on my SuSE
system so I can't blame Deutsche Telecom. I would very much appreciate
any help anyone can provide me to get me headed in the right
direction. The ability to precisely tailor a system and then keep it
updated <on the fly> is my goal which I believe Debian will support
while SuSE has not.
I have spent several hours configuring the HiSax HFC-PCI card and
editing the scripts in /etc/isdn especially device.ippp0 and
ipppd.ippp0 where I uncommented the defaultroute option. The scripts
in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d were also carefully examined.
The result is a connection with isdnctrl to the T-Online ISP. The
nameserver IPs are properly set in the dynamic resolve.conf so can
ping www.debian.org with no packet loss. When I attempt to connect
with Mozzilla it reports a connection is made to www.debian.org.
However, after a minute or so Mozilla reports that the connection was
not accepted. Furthermore, isdnctrl and /var/log/isdn shows that the
connection was hung up.
The output from ifconfig -a is comparable to a SuSE connection but
netstat -r shows that the SuSE connection sets the default gateway to
the remote IP address provided by T-Online while the debian connection
routing table shows no gatewate setup for default even though the
destination host is properly set.
Therefore, I suspect that my debian ISDN configuration is not setting
the default gateway. I need someone's advice on where this is
accomplished and what mistake I have made.
Thanks for considering my problem. I'm hoping for your assistance. In
the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Hi there, me again,
I've gotten no response for my rather verbose plea for help. Hasn't
anybody worked with ISDN or am I the only one to cock it up???
In the meantime, I've checked to make sure the dynamic IP process using
DHCP is working. dhclient is enabled with the ap_packet module. The
ip-up script is receiving the local and remote IP addresses from the ISP
and the nameserver addresses are also being fetched. I hacked the
00-ipppd script and netstat -r now shows the remote IP address as the
the default gateway.
Now everything seems to match the working connection on the SuSE system.
However, I cannot connect to the www.debian.org site with Mozzilla even
though I can ping it fine.
I've sort of reached the end of the line here. Once again I'm asking for
assistance. Obviously if I can't get the ISP connection working I'll be
stuck as a SuSE user.
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