This is a bit of a long shot, but did you compile SLIP support into the kernel during setup? I did and I had EXACTLY the same issues you're having... if you do an ifconfig, is the SLIP interface listed? Sometime around Tue, May 13, 2003 at 08:39:39AM -0700, Larry waltzed in like he freakin' owned the joint and start spouting off about: > Since I installed Woody over Potato, I'm unable to get > my modem connection to my Internet provider to work. > > Here's the symptoms: > > I can configure with pppconfig (as root) and get pon > to dial and connect to the provider. The provider > returns a local address, a remote address, and 2 DNS > server addresses. BUT, the browser cannot connect to > anyone. > > If I ping the remote address, it responds. Bu the DNS > servers do not. > > > I can configure wvdial with wvdialconfig and get > wvdial to dial and connect, with same results as > above. > > I'm using the peerdns option, and I can see that the > resolv.conf file is being written with the server > addresses provided by my internet provider. > > So how come I can't ping them (shouldn't I be able > to)? And is that likely the reason why the browser > doesn't work? > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Brett Kelly bkelly@sourcereview.net Where Code meets Community http://www.sourcereview.net
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