pppd starts, but no connection

From: Peter Saffrey (theoryboy_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 06/04/04

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    Hi,

    I'm trying to set up a ppp connection using an Intel 536EP hardware
    modem. The connection works fine under windows.

    I installed the modem drivers without problems and used wvdial to set
    up the various details. It starts a pppd session and, according to
    /var/log/messages, assigns me an ip address and DNS servers. However,
    I can't ping the outside world or connect, although I can ping the DNS
    servers. The only message to indicate any possible problems is in
    /var/log/messages which indicates modprobe can't find ppp-compress-21.
    Could this be causing my problems? What other things can I try?

    Thanks,

    Peter

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