Re: ISP logon problems
Thanks for the reply. I'll check the issues you raised this evening
when I get home from work.
I appreciate the help.
Russ
Russell Cook, Engineering Branch
WSR-88D Operational Support Facility
(405)366-6520 x4237
russcook@icon.net, rcook@osf.noaa.gov
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> From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
> To: RUSSELL COOK <russcook@icon.net>; 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
> Subject: Re: ISP logon problems
> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 8:51 PM
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 07:43:45PM -0500, RUSSELL COOK wrote:
> > I have two (unrelated) problems logging on to my ISP.
> >
> > 1) Using pon, I often have to connect 3 to 4 times before I can ping
the
> > outside world, although I can ALWAYS ping my ISP. Also, I can ALWAYS
use nslookup to find addresses for other hosts. This is extremely
annoying.
> > If I can connect, and I can ping my ISP, and I can nslookup the rest of
the
> > world, why can't I access other hosts? I have sent email to
support@myisp,
> > but thought I'd check with this group to see if anyone has had this
problem.
>
> After you login (but it does not work), what does route show?
> Perhaps the default route is not being set for some reason, or is being
> set wrongly. Although the latter is not likely, because it would break
> any Win95 user who has `use default gateway on remote network' enabled.
>
> > 2) Diald does not make good connections. /var/log/diald.log simply
states that the connect script failed - no explanations. plog connects
flawlessly
> > (except for note 1 above). Can anyone offer hints on what to look for,
or ways
> > to debug the connection process? I'd really like to be able to use
diald.
>
> Your connect script for diald should ONLY run chat, not run PPP as well.
> Could it be that your script runs pppd? If so, your link will come up
> (because you have started ppp) but diald will kill it because the
chatscript
> "failed". diald will start PPP itself.
>
> In /etc/diald/diald.options I have
>
> # Scripts used to bring up/shut down the serial line.
> connect "/etc/ppp/startppp-diald"
> disconnect "/etc/ppp/ppp-disconnect"
>
> and in /etc/ppp/startppp-diald:
>
> chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript
>
>
>
> Hamish
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