Thanks folks!
After I discovered linuxconf, and played a little with its network menu, I
could suddenly connect to the internet.
Any volunteer who would help me to exchange my SuSE router with Debian?
Regards,
Klaus
To those who were (or weren't) having the same problem as me (PPP freezes
in kernel 2.2), I found the answer after talking with Clifford Kite on
comp.os.linux.networking (he didn't suggest it, though, he just prompted me
to get on with the diagnosing):
The modem UART type wasn't set right. On
The installation menu provides a prototype network number made from the
logical AND of your IP address and your netmask. If the user types in the
wrong netmask or overrides the prototype network number (which I think is
what happened here), they can get an incorrect value. I'll have to look at
this
> : NETWORK=129.186.31.38
>
> IPADDR as the same as the NETWORK address?? Strange, isn't it?
err, forgot about this in the message i just sent.
On these machines, i found that i had to use their own address as teh
network address, rather than the .0 address; otherwise they wouldn't
talk to anyt
> The reason the last "route add -net ${NETWORK}" is not working is that it
> is expecting a network address (ending in .0) and it is getting a host
> address instead. In the above example, change the "NETWORK=129.186.31.38"
> line to "NETWORK=129.186.31.0" and things should work. If this is i
On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Rick Hawkins wrote:
> Under the beta releases with 1.3.9x, the following file is created:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> route add 127.0.0.1
> IPADDR=129.186.31.38
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=129.186.31.38
> BROADCAST=129.186.31.255
> GATEWAY=129.186.31.
OK, i've got it. but i think this means i've found a bug, or at least
something that needs fixing.
Under the beta releases with 1.3.9x, the following file is created:
#! /bin/sh
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add 127.0.0.1
IPADDR=129.186.31.38
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=129.186.31.38
BROAD
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