Re: ppp and powerbook
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 02:14:12PM -0400 or thereabouts, Chad Miller wrote:
> 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?
I am having the same problem with a Debian distribution on a PC
laptop. There is a default route set and God only knows where
it's coming from. (grepping through the /etc directory didn't
show anything.)
>
> 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.
Yeah that's fine for you but not everyone can run the "preferred"
setup. I seems like Debian is getting sort of a Windows attitude.:)
I have a small network at my home where I network various PCs,
Amigas and Macs and I use static IP addresses there. Some
times I like to connect the computers individually to my ISP
for various reasons.
Fred
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