ISDN Config - Default Gateway
Hello Debian users,
After using first Slackware and then SuSE, I am now eagerly trying
Debian. As I have several years experience as a Solaris system
programmer/administrator, I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I cannot
get a working ISDN connection via my German T-Online ISP with the debian
system. The connection performs flawlessly on my SuSE system so I can't
blame Deutsche Telecom. I would very much appreciate any help anyone can
provide me to get me headed in the right direction. The ability to
precisely tailor a system and then keep it updated <on the fly> is my
goal which I believe Debian will support while SuSE has not.
I have spent several hours configuring the HiSax HFC-PCI card and
editing the scripts in /etc/isdn especially device.ippp0 and ipppd.ippp0
where I uncommented the defaultroute option. The scripts in
/etc/ppp/ip-up.d and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d were also carefully examined.
The result is a connection with isdnctrl to the T-Online ISP. The
nameserver IPs are properly set in the dynamic resolve.conf so can ping
www.debian.org with no packet loss. When I attempt to connect with
Mozzilla it reports a connection is made to www.debian.org. However,
after a minute or so Mozilla reports that the connection was not
accepted. Furthermore, isdnctrl and /var/log/isdn shows that the
connection was hung up.
The output from ifconfig -a is comparable to a SuSE connection but
netstat -r shows that the SuSE connection sets the default gateway to
the remote IP address provided by T-Online while the debian connection
routing table shows no gatewate setup for default even though the
destination host is properly set.
Therefore, I suspect that my debian ISDN configuration is not setting
the default gateway. I need someone's advice on where this is
accomplished and what mistake I have made.
Thanks for considering my problem. I'm hoping for your assistance. In
the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving to all.
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