--- On Thu, 12/24/09, Kevin Ross wrote:
> Try adding "maxfail 0" to your config file.
Thanks for this suggestion. I have added the 'maxfail 0' line to my provider
file but it does not seem to have solved the problem. When I boot into Linux
from cold, iceweasel cannot connect to the internet
n Hoeppner wrote:
>
> > --- On Tue, 11/3/09, stephen...@yahoo.com
>
> wrote:
>
> > This seems to have solved the problem, but there is
> one minor niggle left: when this line in inittab is being
> processed, pppd seems to crash out the first few times it is
> start
--- On Tue, 11/3/09, stephen...@yahoo.com wrote:
> --- On Sat, 10/31/09, Kevin Ross wrote:
>
> > If you want to have your connection
> > be established on bootup, the "Debian
> > way" is to add your PPP connection to your
> > /etc/network/interfaces file
--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Kevin Ross wrote:
> If you want to have your connection
> be established on bootup, the "Debian
> way" is to add your PPP connection to your
> /etc/network/interfaces file,
> like:
>
> auto ppp0
> iface ppp0 inet ppp
> provider dsl-provider
This worked perfectly - I no
--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> stephen...@yahoo.com
> put forth on 11/1/2009 3:19 AM:
> > No not absolutely sure, I just assumed...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol_over_ATM
>
> By saying
> "DHCP" for all dynamic IP a
Klistvud:
> Well, another, quite intuitive way of achieving what you want would be
> to write a script to launch Iceweasel
Good idea, should have thought of that myself. On reflection though, although
my guests will only want to use iceweasel, I occasionally use other internet
programs such as
H.S.:
> 3. Make a shortcut on everyone's desktop to call the pon command ("sudo
> pon dsl-provider").
Thanks for that suggestion H.S., yes I think my 'guests' could manage that. I
have added my guest accounts to the 'dip' group so the shortcut wouldn't need
to use 'sudo'. However, in light of
--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Maybe I missed something in a previous post. If you
> don't have
> ethernet, then how are you connecting to the dsl
> modem? USB?
Yes USB to ADSL modem to POTS. I think your suggestion of buying a router was
still valid however, I found several rec
I have run pppoeconf as root, it is one of the things I tried over the last few
days. I just did it again, since I couldn't remember what happened the last
time. It just says no working Ethernet card can be found, not surprising
really since I don't have an Ethernet card. Am I missing somethi
Celejar:
> something using a local "firewall", plus something like fwlogwatch,
> invoked with the -R option for "realtime response mode". The idea
Thanks for that, I will have look at fwlogwatch if / when I have some more time
to spend on this (unfortunately, a week off work just ended today).
Hi Michael
thanks for your help. I tried those three lines at the top of my provider file
but they do not seem to have made any difference. (As an aside I did find it
strange that if I put the 'connect' line somewhere else in the file other than
at the top, pppd complains that it is an 'unreco
Hello all,
new Debian user here, hope somebody can help.
With no help, and asking no questions until now - but extensive use of Google!
- I have managed to partition my PC's hard drive, download the 5.0.3 net-inst
ISO image, install Debian on my new partition, find the firmware for my ADSL
mode
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