Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-23 Thread Michael Beattie
On 22 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Michael Beattie writes: > > IMHO, if your ISP does not use PAP auth. then I think it would probably > > be easier to set up the pon/poff scripts. > > Why do you say that? There is nothing about those scripts that precludes > PAP. Purely that I have not

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-23 Thread Michael Beattie
On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Mike Acklin wrote: > At 10:51 AM 3/23/98 +1200, you wrote: > > >Do you use "defaultroute" in your pppd options? > >if you dont, try "route add default ppp0" after running pppd. > > > >IMHO, if your ISP does not use PAP auth. then I think it would probably be > >easier to set

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-23 Thread Michael Beattie
On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Mike Acklin wrote: > Michael, > > That did it. As soon as I typed "route add default ppp0" everything > started working just fine. The DNS's, Hosts, Pings, Everything. Thanks. > There is nothing in the Docs or HOWTO's that say that. > > I did a "route -n" and g

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-23 Thread Mike Acklin
Michael, That did it. As soon as I typed "route add default ppp0" everything started working just fine. The DNS's, Hosts, Pings, Everything. Thanks. There is nothing in the Docs or HOWTO's that say that. I did a "route -n" and got the following: Destination Gateway Genmask

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-23 Thread john
Michael Beattie writes: > IMHO, if your ISP does not use PAP auth. then I think it would probably > be easier to set up the pon/poff scripts. Why do you say that? There is nothing about those scripts that precludes PAP. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, W

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-23 Thread Mike Acklin
At 10:58 AM 3/22/98 -0600, you wrote: >> I really don't know what files to edit to correct this, so will probably >> reinstall... > >I think that all you need do is run smailconfig. >-- >John Hasler >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) >Dancing Horse Hill >Elmwood, WI > Thanks John, I have just dow

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-23 Thread Mike Acklin
At 10:51 AM 3/23/98 +1200, you wrote: >Do you use "defaultroute" in your pppd options? >if you dont, try "route add default ppp0" after running pppd. > >IMHO, if your ISP does not use PAP auth. then I think it would probably be >easier to set up the pon/poff scripts... but then, thats my opinion.

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-22 Thread Michael Beattie
On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Mike Acklin wrote: > Thanks Bill, > > I think you are right. I went back over the Install doc and one thing it > did say was to configure you network, even if you are not connected. THEN > it says, if you are not connected to a network you only have to answer the > firs

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-22 Thread Michael Beattie
On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Mike Acklin wrote: > I think the problem is in the router section and I don't really know what > to do. When I do the "route -n" I get: > > kernal routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-22 Thread Mike Acklin
Thanks Bill, I think you are right. I went back over the Install doc and one thing it did say was to configure you network, even if you are not connected. THEN it says, if you are not connected to a network you only have to answer the first 2 questions which are 1) Your computer name 2) ar

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-22 Thread Mike Acklin
At 12:26 AM 3/22/98 -0500, you wrote: >then type: >bash-2.01$ plog >Mar 21 18:57:44 gandalf chat[1554]: bleach^M >Mar 21 18:57:44 gandalf chat[1554]: Password: >Mar 21 18:57:44 gandalf chat[1554]: -- got it >Mar 21 18:57:44 gandalf chat[1554]: send (^M) >Mar 21 18:57:45 gandalf pppd[1553]: Seri

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-22 Thread Harry Tuttle
At 12:31 AM 3/22/98 -0500, you wrote: >Can you ping any of your nameservers? (By IP address, not name, of >course.) > No, I am not able to ping anything but my machine when I am logged on and the domain machine of my ISP. Just by IP address only. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-22 Thread Ben Pfaff
This is where my problem starts. When I ping my ISP I get good pings but only 204.47.44.4, but if I try the name, dallas.net, I get nothing as I have not be able to establish a link to the DNS. I can ping my own machine and my ISP by IP numbers only. Can you ping any of your nameserver

Re: Network/PPP Help

1998-03-22 Thread Harry Tuttle
Hello Billm And thanks for the reply. At 12:26 AM 3/22/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Harry; > >You will probably get lots of responses to your request for help but >here are some of my thoughts. > >It is impossible to tell from what you have written whether your problem >is a routing problem o

Network/PPP Help

1998-03-22 Thread Harry Tuttle
Hello, Just installed Debain today and was working on getting the PPP working. I have been following the HOWTO: on PPP Set up and everything was going fine until I tried pinging. Haven't got any farther than that. Did get everything else to that point. And I am stuck and the HOWTO didn't