More information for Andrew Perrin. Using minicom, I was able to stay connected.
ipchains -a
invalid option
route -n
still headings, but no data
nslookup www.debian.org
nslookup command not found
ping -c 198.186.203.20
ping:send to:Network is unreachable
ping:wrote 198.186.203.20 (4 chars, ret=1)
same thing repeated four more times
5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
traceroute 198.186.203.20
traceroute:command not found
