You need a default route, but you don't have one. Unless you
like setting it up manually each time you dial in (like another
poster said), you should use the defaultroute option for your
ppp daemon (I'm assuming pppd here).
> So, I have finally connected to AT&T Worldnet...
>
> but now I can't see beyond their nameserver...
>
> here is some info I captured...
>
> #ifconfig ppp0
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:32.100.59.236 P-t-P:204.146.240.42
> Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
> #route -n (After ppp is connected)
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 199.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
> eth0
> 204.146.240.42 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
> ppp0
> 199.1.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
> lo
>
> #resolv.conf
> search ilmtech.com
> search worldnet.att.net
> nameserver 199.1.1.1
> nameserver 204.127.160.2
> nameserver 204.127.129.2
>
> #host.conf
> order hosts,bind
> multi on
>
> #nslookup
> *** Can't find server name for address 199.1.1.1: No response from
> server
> *** Can't find server name for address 204.127.160.2: No response from
> server
> *** Can't find server name for address 204.127.129.2: No response from
> server
> *** Default servers are not available
>
> I can ping the nameserver 204.127.160.2 and 204.127.129.2 but I can't do
> more than this.. For example I can't ping beyond the nameserver...
>
> Any ideas where I'm going wrong?
>
> thanks,
>
> Ahbaid.
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