John Miskinis writes: > No default route "stuff" shows up, and I'm wondering if the debian > distribution sets up something that I must change.
Did you set up an ethernet card when you installed? If you did the install will have set up a defaultroute to the ethernet. Pppd won't override an existing defaultroute. You can probably just remove that default route: most people don't need it. > When I ran "pppconfig" it put the 2 DNS server numbers in OK, but > according to the howto, there should be a "domain ISP_DOMAIN_NAME" line > before them, and I don't know the name, or if it is needed. The HOWTO is wrong. "domain ISP_DOMAIN_NAME" is not needed. > I am using a PCMCIA-based modem, connecting manually through minicom and > specifying my username and password. I then quit minicom leaving the > modem connected, and run "pppd -d -detach /dev/ttyS2 57600". Why are you doing that? Why don't you just use 'pon' to start the connection and 'poff' to stop it? You ran pppconfig: pon should work fine. Using pon may also solve your defaultroute problem. -- John Hasler This posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address.
