Re: ppp and powerbook
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 01:50:13PM -0400, Kevin Carney wrote:
> Recently I tried installing Debian 2.2r3 on my 2000 Powerbook (Pismo). This
> laptop is used in two different places, at work (with a LAN internet
> connection) and at home (with dialup service). At work there is no problem
> using lynx to browse the web or using ping. However (this is the problem)
> at home, with dialup service, I can connect to my ISP using wvdial or pon
> but I cannot do anything else. At home, lynx cannot resolve hosts and ping
> does nothing. I have another machine running linux at home (an intel box)
> and I can wvdial every time with no problems. What gives? Any help would
> be greatly appreciated.
If you haven't turned down the ethernet interface, you may still have a
route set up for the local network and (through that) to the internet.
Run 'route -n'. Where's your default route?
Having your powerbook use dhcp and request an ip address every time it's
booted/resumed will make your life easier. Don't hard-code addresses (and
routes) -- get them from the environment and release them when going to
sleep.
- chad
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