Internet access problem with Debian Sarge + BSNL Dataone
Hi,
Kindly help me get my first browsing experience in Debian linux.
I have tried various list-archives recommended by Google still have
not been able to get around fixing this.
Email below is rather long. I have explained my installation
and shown the logs before asking my questions at the bottom.
I have installed Debian GNU/Linux, Sarge 3.1r0a on my PC along
with Kernel version 2.6 686.
I also have the dataone broadband service from BSNL (in bangalore,
INDIA).
I logged in as root and started ADSL/pppoe configuration as root
(/usr/sbin/pppoeconf) and answered the questions. Entered user-name
and password - but I didn't get a question for which I could enter
the DNS server names in response..
To clarify further, I did not additionally install rp/pppoe or any
other software on top of the installation.
eth0 contains a LAN card. This was detected during installation and the driver
was automatically loaded. The ethernet connection is active and ifconfig on
restart/startup is as follows:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:05:5D:4B:1E:85
inet addr:192.168.1.34 Bcast:
192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::205:5dff:fe4b:1e85/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:11877 (11.5 KiB) TX bytes:15003 (14.6 KiB)
Interrupt:209 Base address:0xc400
When I run pon and then plog I get the following output.
plog output (copy-pasted from /var/log/syslog)
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4727]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4728]: pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4728]: PPP session is 7279
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4728]: Using interface ppp0
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4728]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth0
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4728]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4728]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4728]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500
Dec 23 21:57:23 localhost pppd[4728]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
Dec 23 21:57:24 localhost pppd[4728]: CHAP authentication succeeded: Authentication success,Welcome!
Dec 23 21:57:24 localhost pppd[4728]: peer from calling number 00:E0:FC:39:92:4A authorized
Dec 23 21:57:24 localhost pppd[4728]: not replacing default route to eth0 [192.168.1.1]
Dec 23 21:57:24 localhost pppd[4728]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
Dec 23 21:57:24 localhost pppd[4728]: local IP address 59.92.133.88
Dec 23 21:57:24 localhost pppd[4728]: remote IP address 59.92.128.1
Dec 23 21:57:24 localhost pppd[4728]: primary DNS address 218.248.255.145
Dec 23 21:57:24 localhost pppd[4728]: secondary DNS address 61.1.96.69
The DNS server addresses are worrying because the address reported
in the log as secondary is exactly what I supplied to pppoeconf as
the *primary* DNS address. The primary reported in the log output
doesn't ring a bell at all...
After the first time I ran pon the file /etc/resolv.conf contained
the primary and the secondary nameserver addresses as per the log
above (218.248.255.145 &
61.1.96.69).
When these were edited to be 61.1.96.69 &
61.1.96.71 (the correct
values supplied by ISP), the log still showed the same output and
nameservers were the same (they get reset!).
Some other information...
debian:~# route -n
Destination
Gateway
Genmask Flags Metric
Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0
0.0.0.0
255.255.255.0 U
0
0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0
192.168.1.1
0.0.0.0
UG 0
0 0 eth0
debian:~# ping 218.248.255.145
PING 218.248.255.145 (
218.248.255.145) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Net Unreachable
From 192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Net Unreachable
From 192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=3 Destination Net Unreachable
From 192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=4 Destination Net Unreachable
From 192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=5 Destination Net Unreachable
--- 218.248.255.145 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +5 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3999ms
Questions
Now the basic question is has it been able to connect ?!
Although I don't see any error messages in the log, ping for any ip results in an
error message: "net is unreachable" and I am not able to access the web via
Epiphany / Konqueror.
If not, then how to correct this problem and verify if it has connected properly ?
Once pppoe connects is there something extra that needs to be done to access
the web from my desktop ?
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