[totally fixed] Re: Verizon DSL (pppoeconf, WinXp, netgear rt311 don't work)

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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:56:05 -0800 (PST)
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

It finally occurred to me to check the permissions on
/etc/resolv.conf and noticed that it's now a symlink
to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf Both the directory (/etc/ppp)
and the file (resolv.conf) were owned by root and had
permissions set so that only owner and group (also
root) could read them. After changing permissions, I
can now do DNS lookups as user, browse with lynx and,
I assume, browse with mozilla but won't find out until
I get home.

Stupid of me not to check that earlier. I think one of
the options I chose -- or failed to choose -- when I
was fooling around with pppoe-rp must've done that (it
had an option for "allow user access" or something
like that).

--- DvB <imasu2003@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Once again, please CC me on all replies as I'm not
> subscribed to the list.
>
> Verizon called me at around 10pm last night to tell
> me, as I had suspected, that the problem was with
> one
> of their routers and not with anything I was doing.
>
> So, my router now gets an IP address and
> everything's
> fine and dandy as far as my router's concerned.
> However, I can only do DNS on my Debian box if I'm
> logged in as root and, even then, only
> nslookup/host/etc or lynx work but not mozilla.
>
> If I try host as user, it tells me "Nameserver not
> running" and, if I run mozilla, netscape4 or opera,
> I
> have to type in IP addresses to be able to go
> anywhere, otherwise I get "foo.com not found"
> errors.
>
> Somebody suggested adding PEERDNS=yes to
> /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig-<ifname> but that doesn't
> appear to have worked.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --- DvB <imasu2003@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Please CC me on all replies since I'm not
> currently
> > subscribed to the list. I start talking about
> Debian
> > specifically around paragraph 7. You might
> consider
> > the rest to be slightly OT.
> >
> > I just got Verizon DSL last week and have yet to
> > manage to get online. I was unsuccessful with my
> > roommate's WinXP laptop (possibly because
> Verizon's
> > install CD screwed it up. See
> >
>
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52756,00.html)
> >
> >
> > When trying to connect with my Netgear RT311
> router,
> > I
> > get the following after configuring section 4 and
> > running the network test:
> >
> > Start dialing for node <Verizon>...
> > ### Hit any key to continue.###
> > $$$ DIALING dev=6 ch=0..........
> > $$$ OUTGOING-CALL phone(fefffffffffffe)
> > $$$ Dial no answer
> >
> > I'll include my settings at the end of this
> message,
> > in case anybody has any experience with the RT311
> > and
> > Verizon DSL. I have a "straight through" cable
> > between
> > my computer and a hub, which is connected to the
> > router with a crossover cable (I can get an IP
> > address
> > from the router and telnet to it, so I know that
> > part
> > works). I have the router connected to the DSL
> modem
> > with the cable Verizon provided. I assume it's a
> > straight through.
> >
> > I spent a whole morning talking to Verizon tech
> > support with the laptop and, when I called while
> > trying to get the router working, they informed me
> > that they only support Linksys routers and
> insisted
> > on
> > knowing which OS I was running, after which they,
> of
> > course, told me they "don't support Linux."(TM)
> >
> > After this, I went to my office at school and
> > downloaded the Debian pppoe and pppoeconf packages
> > (3.3-1.1 and 0.9.10.6, respectively). After
> > installing
> > them, I ran pppoeconf as root and was told that it
> > found one device, eth0 (a 3Com 3c95x, I think),
> > which
> > was fine. It then proceeded to "scan" or something
> > of
> > the sort, resulting in the following error
> message:
> >
> > "Sorry, I scanned 1 interface(s), but the Access
>
> >
> > Concentrator of your provider did not
> > respond. Please check your network and modem
> > cables. Another reason for the scan
> > failure may also be another running pppoe
> > process
> > which controls the modem."
> >
> > I have no idea what other pppoe process might be
> > running. I doubt that there is any. Yes, I did
> > remember to plug the computer directly into the
> DSL
> > modem rather than the hub/router before trying
> this.
> >
> > Here's my RT311 config that I said I would
> include:
> >
> > Menu 1 - General Setup
> >
> > System Name= myusername
> > Domain Name= verizon.net
> > Edit Dynamic DNS= No
> >
> > Menu 2 - WAN Setup
> >
> > MAC Address:
> > Assigned By= IP address
> > attached on LAN
> > IP Address= 192.168.0.2
> >
> > Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup
> >
> > DHCP= Server
> > Configuration:
> > Client IP Pool Starting
> > Address=
> > 192.168.0.1
> > Size of Client IP Pool= 32
> > Primary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0
> > Secondary DNS Server=
> 0.0.0.0
> >
> >
> > TCP/IP Setup:
> > IP Address= 192.168.0.1
> > IP Subnet Mask=
> 255.255.255.0
> > RIP Direction= Both
> > Version= RIP-1
> > Multicast= None
> >
> > Menu 4 - Internet Access Setup
> >
> > ISP's Name= Verizon
> > Encapsulation= PPPoE
> > Service Type= N/A
> > My Login=
> > myusername@verizon.net
> > My Password= *******
> > Idle Timeout= 0
> >
> > IP Address Assignment= Dynamic
> > IP Address= N/A
> > IP Subnet Mask= N/A
> > Gateway IP Address= N/A
> > Single User Account= Yes
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
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