Re: question

["Bob Schmidt" <pastorbob@centurytel.net>]

Hi,

this is what my interface file says (typed by me, floppy drive not working)

# etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup (8), ifdown (8)
# loopback interface
auto lo
# the first network card - the entry was created during the debian
installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
            address        192.168.0.8
            netmask        255.255.255.0
            network        192.168.0.0
            broadcast       192.168.0.255
            # gateway       192.168.0.1  (I commented out this line)

nothing about isp at all.  Any ideas?

Bob

p.s. I am a newbie when it comes to alpha computers, sorry



----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Spoon" <dspoon@astcomm.net>
To: "debian list" <debian-alpha@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: question


> KPPP by-passes a lot of the stuff the good Debian folks setup so you can
> use the "pon - poff" method of connecting / disconnecting.  It will read
> the /etc/ppp/options file BUT it does not read the
> /etc/ppp/peers/provider file, which will over-ride the "auth" option in
> the "options" file.
>
> This is probably your problem, and is quite common using KPPP with the
> stock Debian ppp files.  What is happening is that the "auth" option is
> requiring your ISP to authenticate itself to your machine, and I havent'
> found one yet that will do this!  The "fix" is to edit the
> /etc/ppp/options file and change the "auth" to "noauth".  This will mess
> up security for PPP dial-ins to your machine, but not a lot of people
> use this capability.  You also will probably have to re-do this edit
> everytime the PPP system gets an upgrade...dunno.
>
> Why didn't you use pppconfig to setup the dialer then use "pon" to dial
> out?  If you use the Debian stuff, you can setup demand-dialing quite
> easily, so it will autodial out whenever it needs something from the
> outside world.  Much better than KPPP, IMHO......
>
> Check your "defaultroute" when connected ("route" command).   It should
> be pointed at your ISP via ppp0.  It sounds like you have it set to
> point at your network via your NIC. If it is just comment out the
> "gateway" entry in your /etc/network/interfaces file for your NIC
(eth0??).
>
> Cheers,
> -Don Spoon-