If the connection is established but you can't ping anything, that
suggests that your routing table isn't set up properly. See the defaultroute
option in the pppd manpage, and make sure that it's an option to pppd, either
in the script you're using, or in the /etc/ppp/options file.
Confirm that your routing is set up properly using the route command.
route -n or
netstat -nr
Mike
On 09/03/02 John Shepherd did speaketh:
> Hi,
>
> I had a problem earlier this week in which
> I could set up a PPP connection, but it wasn't
> working properly. I fixed it by re-installing
> debian and changing some answers to questions
> during the configuration. I think the thing that
> did it was that I had previously specified my own
> local ip number as a gateway the firsttime and I
> put no gateway the second time.
> In addition to the DNS problem, I was
> unable to get an Xserver to start. It was
> suggested that I move from potato to woody. I
> did that, and the X server starts now. But,
> somewhere in that process my PPP connection got
> messed up. I can dial and establish a PPP
> connection, but I can't ping anything, not even
> by ip number.....
> I'm posting from another machine right
> now, so i don't have examplesof anything to
> include, but I'll try to copysome things tofloppy
> so I can post them next time.
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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