You probably have shorewall installed -- Mandrake's default configuration can't handle multiple interfaces. It's easy enough to fix, but you better disable the DrakConf firewall tool as it will hose you back up again :-)
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 06:29, Marcio Cordero wrote: > Hi everybody, > I have a problem with my dial-up modem. It's just a plain old 56k modem I've > been using in a computer I had before with MDK 8.0 - 8.2. Since I bought > this new machine and installed MDK 9.0 for the first time, I am not able to ping > anything, not even my provider's nameserver or remote server. I get a > connection, yes, and that seems to work like it always has but that's all. If I > ping I domain I get ping: unknown host www.... and if I ping an IP address I > just get timeouts. > I checked and I don't have any default route with 0.0.0.0. I also don't have > GATEWAY entry in /etc/sysconfig/network and I put GATEWAY=ppp0 just to make > sure it's correct. There's no network card to blame on setting a default > route. Tried the most obvious options in /etc/ppp/options like defaultroute and > noipdefault. All to no avail. I wouldn't be upset if it wasn't that it has > always worked with MDK 8.2 and it still works under Win98 (dual boot). Any help > would be GREATLY appreciated :-) > TIA, > Marcio Cordero > > -- > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr f�r 1 ct/ Min. surfen! > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
