Re: Can't connect to Internet
I'd also suggest looking into a product that comes
with Debian called wvdial, a simple utility to dial
and log onto your isp. It's described in a man file
(man wvdial).
Also, to see what's going on when pon or wvdial runs,
in another window, as root, type:
tail -f /var/log/messages. This looks at the tail end
of the message log, and will indicate if pon makes
contact and gets an isp number, and what the isp of
your server is. That's the isp you can try pinging.
--- Glen Snyder <snyderg@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> A couple of questions, Hans.
> When you used pon, did you get a dial-tone? If not,
> it may be a problem
> with the modem settings in pppconfig (or a worse
> case would be that you
> have a winmodem.You could check at
> http://lhd.zdnet.com
> What kind of modem do you have?). Also, remember to
> add user names in
> the advanced section of pppconfig, so that they can
> dial out. If you
> have
>
> If you did get a dial tone, you could also install
> pppstatus to see if
> you are connected to your ISP (of course, this won't
> help much if you
> just have the boot floppies).
>
> If you are connected to your ISP through your modem,
> but still cannot
> seem to ping anywhere, do you have an ethernet
> support installed as
> well? As root, try typing ifconfig to see if eth0 is
> listed (the
> ethernet card) and if the modem is connected you
> will also se a line
> for ppp0
>
> I've found that if you have configured for a local
> network, with a
> gateway that points to a different local computer's
> IP address, then
> your machine will try to route internet traffic
> through that gateway,
> rather than through your modem. If that is the case,
> then delete or
> comment-out the gateway line
> /etc/network/interfaces. If you don't have
> an ethernet card, then ignore my last comment.
>
> Good luck,
> Glen
>
>
>
>
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