Hi John. I have done as you suggested and restored my /etc/ppp/options file to the original. I then ran pppconfig and entered all my info. I was a little worried that it didn't ask for my nameservers but I decieded to leave my setings in /etc/resolv.config and it seems to be working. I also took the liberty of adding a mtu 576 line to /etc/ppp/options.
Pon works fine and I now am on line and ftp'ing netscape while I read Linuxtoday with lynx. Thank you very much for the help. My next project will be getting linux to admit that I have an ethernet card in the machine. Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jonathan Crowe writes: > > To start up pppd I just typed pppd at the # > > With the result that pppd tried to make a connection to the console, since > you didn't tell it what else to do. Won't work. The right way to start > pppd on a Debian 2.0 system is to type 'pon', which is a script which calls > pppd with all the right stuff. Then you type 'poff', which shuts pppd > down. First, though, you should run 'pppconfig' to set up the configuration > files with the phone number and stuff. > > > When I run the scripts from my ISP I get the same thing.... connect and > > login but unable to see the internet. > > Don't try to use the scripts from the ISP. They are always crap. Just use > them as reference material when you run pppconfig. > > > I am not able to ping or telnet or ftp anything by name or by IP but at > > least ppp daemon seems to be working. > > You probably do not have a defaultroute set. Pppconfig will fix that. Take > all your changes out of /etc/ppp/options, though. All customization should > go in /etc/ppp/peers/provider (which pppconfig edits). > > > What files do I have to set up to user wvdial. > > You aren't supposed to have to set up any. Wvdial is supposed to set > everything up itself. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI
