RE: ppp and powerbook
Thanks for the reply, unfortunately the ac adapter to my powerbook busted
over this weekend, so I haven't been able to try anything yet. Because of
the recent recall on Apple powerbook adapters, it has been hard for me to
find a replacement. It seems that Apple has bought up all of the good
adapters (the circular ones) that they could find and now the market is
500,000 units short of these. I couldn't even get one direct from apple.
Fortunately, I found one (the last one from the powerbookguy) and it is on
its way, so I'll be back in business then. Thanks again for the response.
-Kevin
> ----------
> From: Chad Miller
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 2:14 PM
> To: Kevin Carney
> Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> Subject: 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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