With a private net IP number (192.168.x.y) you cannot access anyone other than your ISP unless he is masquerading you.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E vk6lj Debian Unix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, M. Fong wrote: > Status: Stage 2: Further along, running into DNS issues > > Thanks for the suggestions thus far: > I had a shell script which didn't have the correct 'executable' > permissions. Something like rw-rw-rw instead of chmod 777 > /etc/ppp/<whatever_script>. > > Here is how far I have progressed: > 1. Executing pppd now dials out (I never got this far in Stage 1 becaues a > script file did not have execute > permissions hence it was unable to call chat()) > 2. Logging into the ISP successfully > 3. PAP authentication works fine > 4. I can ping the ISP's gateway machine. > > << BRICK WALL>> > 5. I cannot ping anything that is not localhost or the gateway (see below) > Ex. 'ping sunsite.unc.edu' > > 6. DNS configuration does not seem configured properly. I am inferring this > by > comparing my output of ifconfig() and route () with the output example > in the > PPP-HOWTO document. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------- > # pppd& <--- Logs in fine and the connection is up. > > # ifconfig > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 > RX packets:387 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > TX packets:387 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol > inet addr:192.168.1.1 P-t-P:209.142.30.4 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1524 Metric:1 > RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > TX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > > # ping 209.142.30.4 <-- ISP Gateway machine works fine > PING 209.142.30.4 (209.142.30.4): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 209.142.30.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=404.9 ms > 64 bytes from 209.142.30.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=370.0 ms > 64 bytes from 209.142.30.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=350.2 ms > 64 bytes from 209.142.30.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=380.0 ms > > # ping sunsite.unc.edu <-- Without DNS lookup, this puppy is lost > <Nothing doing...> > # > > # route -n > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 209.142.30.4 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 1 ppp0 > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 7 lo > 0.0.0.0 209.142.30.4 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 15 ppp0 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]