Re: ppp mystery

[Sven <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:20:42AM +1000, Bruce McIntyre wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Twice this has happened; after running pon, my modem negotiates a connection
> with my provider as normal and the resolv.conf file is updated with what
> look like correct nameserver addresses---at least they are familiar.
> 
> Pinging anything aside from localhost results in 100% packet loss.
> 
> Even ping -f does not light the modem `TD' light at all. The request does
> not seem to get that far.
> 
> pinging say, www.google.com and running netstat gave:
> 
> Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
> 
> The report was incomplete, and netstat needed to be killed. Pinging a server
> listed in resolv.conf (a numeric address) resulted in netstat giving a
> full report (it goes on to report about unix domain sockets).
> 
> I was stupid and did not think to pipe that output to a file. Switching to
> single user mode and back ( a desperate measure ) did not help, but cycling
> power fixed everything. Does anyone know what might be going on here?

Also, it may be a problem of your ISP.

did you check the log file (i usually run plog -f on another VC until the IP
number is addresses, you have to be root though) for the IP number, and tried
piçnging the local IP number, and if that works, the remote one ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther