Re:PPP ??? #@$#
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I think you need to recompile the kernel with IP_FORWARDING enabled.
Butch
At 14:53 -0600 on 1/2/98, robert@progtest.alt.za wrote:
> I have encountered a strange problem with dialing out on PPP, and it is
>really bugging me now.
>
> I have got a slightly adnormal server running. This is what it looks like.
>
> I have got a local network running on and arcnet card whos address is
>192.168.0.1, This works I and doesn't seem to stop working. I also have a
>hacked DNS server for my dial-up users which gets shut off when I go
>online.
>
> The problem is I can connect to my server and everything looks 100%
>except for the fact I can't do anything on the Internet.
>
> When I have connected and type in ifconfig this is what I am given :
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
> RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>
> arc0 Link encap:1.5Mbps ARCnet HWaddr 50
> inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> IPX/Ethernet 802.3 addr:00000123:000000000050
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> TX packets:218 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x260 Memory:d1000-d17ff
>
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
> inet addr:196.25.198.23 P-t-P:196.25.198.2 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:11 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0
> TX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>
> This looks normal except for the ppp errors in which there is only one.
>
> If I do a route -n this is what I am given :
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 196.25.198.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 1 ppp0
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 2 arc0
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 4 lo
> 0.0.0.0 196.25.198.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 1 ppp0
>
> This also looks right.
>
> Now for some init files...
>
> My /etc/init.d/network file :
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> route add -net 127.0.0.0
> IPADDR=192.168.0.1
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=192.168.0.0
> BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
> GATEWAY=none
> ifconfig arc0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
> route add -net ${NETWORK}
> route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
>
> This as far as I can see is default unless something has changed without
>me noticing.
>
> My /etc/hosts file :
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 0.0.0.0 ptest
> 192.168.0.1 progtest.alt.za progtest
>
> My /etc/networks file :
>
> loopback 127.0.0.1
> localnet 0.0.0.0
> alt.za 192.168.0.0
>
> If anyone can shead some light on this I would be very happy. This has
>been bugging me for the past two months.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert.
>
> ---
> +-----------------------------------------------+
> | Robert Moody Sysop of Programmer's Test BBS. |
> | Running well on Debian ver 1.2 Kernel 2.0.27 |
> | http://www.zsd.co.za/~ptest/ |
> | e-mail: robert@progtest.alt.za |
> +-----------------------------------------------+
>
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