On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 06:15:02PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: :I know that I am connected because the log says so.
Please post the log out put as others have suggested. At one point it will say connected when the modems start talking to each other, later it will give the local and remote IP addresses. If you get so far as having an IP assigned: First ping the local IP that your machine is assigned. Second ping the remote IP If you can ping the remote IP things are good, try "route -n" the remote IP should be listed as your default gateway, something like this: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.9.1.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 0.0.0.0 10.9.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 I suspect your problem comes before the routing, but it's unclear exactly where it's failing. The dial up ppp sequence of testing goes something like this: * Are the modems connecting (yes) * Is authentication successful (???) * Do you get an IP assigned (???) * Can you ping it (by IP) (???) * Is the default route being set properly (???) * Can you ping it (by IP) * Are the DNS servers IP's being set (no) * Can you ping atleast one (by IP) * Can you ping a remote host like www.debian.org by IP (198.186.203.20) * Can you ping it by name * If you can get this far pretty much everything should work That's my general method (I support about 50 active dialup accounts, though this isn't a big part of my job), comments on the method are welcome. -Jon
