Re: newbie: more startup problems
Incoming from Paul Schwartz:
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> I have been trying to enable web access to update apt, etc.
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> I have tried two ways: wvdial and pon
>
> Both seem to connect to my ISP and establish ppp, but
> none of the programs I run are able to communicate with the outside.
>
> I have tried to ping by name [my ISP's domain] and by numerical address
> [the DNServers]
> No responses. The only response is for localhost. I have tried to do
Does your system know about any nameservers? pppconfig asks for
those.
For pon, what's in /var/log/messages or ppp*?
In /etc/ppp/peers/provider, is there a "-v" in the chatscript call?
Do you need special authorization at your ISP? CHAP, PAP?
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