Re: [Newbie] ppp: Connection established, but can't ping. How can I get out into Internet?

From: Scotty Fitzgerald (sfitz007_at_bestweb.net)
Date: 10/19/04

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    Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:52:44 -0400
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    Scotty Fitzgerald wrote:

    > I had a similar problem, When I set up the machine I
    > had a Ethernet card that was autodetected, and the
    > the autodetection set up the ethernet card as the default
    > gateway to the internet. While your ethernet is the default
    > gateway the dialup won't establish itself as a gateway. Try to
    > remove the gateway status of your ethernet card, and things should work.
    >
    > It took me a few googles on Linux networking and I found this, but if
    > you can't find a good webpage post a reply, and I will actually start up
    > my old windows partition and see if I can find the webpage that clued me
    > in.
    >
    > Good luck,
    > ---
    > Scotty
    >
    > F. GEIGER wrote:
    >
    >> Dear all,
    >>
    >> I'm on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Woody) and stuck in the middle:
    >>
    >> I exec "pon VOL" and get a connection, but no pings do return (100%
    >> loss).
    >>
    >> As a connection has been estblished, I guess the several config files are
    >> okay. Therefore I've pasted the output of "netstat -nr", "route", and
    >> "ifconf ppp0", shown while the connection is established.
    >>
    >> As I come from an OS, where one can configure an Internet connection with
    >> a few clicks and get into the Internet with two more clicks (did I
    >> already say, I'm a newbie? :-)), it's beyond me to fully recognize all
    >> the content of those lines. My Linux box' address is 192.168.200.101.
    >> This leads me to find the lines
    >>
    >> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
    >> sl0
    >>
    >> and
    >>
    >> default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 0
    >> sl0
    >>
    >> kind of strange. But, please, see for yourselves:
    >>
    >> netstat -nr
    >> Kernel IP routing table
    >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
    >> Iface
    >> 194.183.133.58 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
    >> ppp0
    >> 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
    >> sl0
    >> 192.168.200.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
    >> eth0
    >> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
    >> sl0
    >>
    >>
    >> route
    >> Kernel IP routing table
    >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
    >> Iface
    >> 194.183.133.58 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
    >> ppp0
    >> 192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0
    >> sl0
    >> 192.168.200.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
    >> eth0
    >> default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 0
    >> sl0
    >>
    >>
    >> ifconfig ppp0
    >> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
    >> inet addr:194.208.126.37 P-t-P:194.183.133.58
    >> Mask:255.255.255.255
    >> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    >> RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    >> TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
    >> RX bytes:425 (425.0 b) TX bytes:355 (355.0 b)
    >>
    >> So, what am I missing? Do I have to add or change a default route or
    >> something like that?
    >>
    >> Kind regards
    >> Franz GEIGER, lookin' for kind helping hands.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    The line I deleted was "gateway" from the file "/etc/network/interfaces" 

    ---
Scotty
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