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Re: Unknown problem connecting



On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Kent West wrote:

> "J. Hartzelbuck" wrote:
> > 
> > Hello friends,
> > 
> > Using Debian, I've installed wvdial and can connect very nicely, but
> > commands issued don't do anything! Ping doesn't respond, lynx doesn't
> > respond. I'm new to all this, so don't know where I might be going
> > wrong. Can anyone give any pointers?
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > 
> > -- Chris Joyner
> 
> If I remember correctly, wvdial tries to figure out how to connect, and
> then if it can't figure it out it makes its best guess and then hopes
> for the best. So you may not be getting connected very nicely.
> 
> Have you tried pppconfig/pon, and if so did you have any success with
> it?
> 
> If you don't know what I'm talking about, try running pppconfig, which
> will set up a connection script; once that's done, type pon to connect,
> plog to see what's happening, and poff to disconnect.
> 
> 
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