Re: [aclug-L] PPProblems

[Jeremy Johnstone <jsjohnst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A REALLY good tip I once picked up in  Linux Journal (there again) is to
edit your syslog.conf and on the last line put something like this:

*.*                                     /dev/tty9

It comes in handy for several reasons, one of which being you can watch
ppp as it happens. Make sure you call chat with the -v switch and you can
see it step by step on tty9 (for people for who don't know, tty9 is unused
and you access it by hitting alt F9)

Jeremy

On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Wayne White wrote:

> At 05:58 PM 9/15/1998 -0500, you wrote:
> >On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 05:10:00PM -0500, Wayne White wrote:
> >> Well, I've tried everything I can think of to get connected
> >> to Southwind without success, so, I come here looking for 
> >> help.
> >> 
> >> After following the instructions on the ACLUG site, when I 
> >> envoke the command 'pppd ttyS3 115200' the computer dials
> >> SW, there is some screaching back and forth, and it enters
> >> into a state of apparent connection. However, it is not 
> >> possible to do anything through the connection. Attempts to
> >> connect to anyplace on the net results in error messages 
> >> of 'Unknown host' or 'Network is unreachable' or 'Host 
> >> name lookup failure'. I've double checked the pap-secrets,
> >> options, and southwind.chat files and they are as the 
> >> instructions indicate they should be. I realize it's 
> >> probably something I'm overlooking, but what? Oh, and the
> >> /etc/resolv.conf file has the two nameservers in it per
> >> the instructions.
> >> 
> >> Thanx for the help,
> >> 
> >> Wayne
> >> 
> >
> >Wayne:
> >
> >Here are some ideas.
> >
> >You can tell if the problem is related to a DNS lookup thing or a
> >network thing by pinging an IP address rather than a host name. Once
> >the connect seems to be established, type: ping 206.53.103.2 and see
> >if you get a response. If so then double check the entries in
> >/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/host.conf.
> 
> /etc/resolv.conf is correct according to the instructions given. I don't
> know what should be in /etc/host.conf but it presently contains
> 
> order hosts, bind
> multi on
> 
> >If you get no response from the ping, then you have some other
> >problem. From root, type ifconfig. Make sure that you get an entry for
> >your ppp interface. It should look something like this:
> >
> >ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> >          inet addr:206.53.100.237  P-t-P:206.53.100.251 Mask:255.255.255.0
> >          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >          RX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >          TX packets:166 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> 
> What I get is
> 
> lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
>       inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
>       UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
>       RX packets:80 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>       TX packets:80 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> 
> That doesn't appear to be a PPP interface. How do I fix this?
> 
> >Then type netstat -r. It should look something like this:
> >
> >Kernel IP routing table
> >Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window irtt Iface
> >ts2.southwind.n *               255.255.255.255 UH     1500 0        0 ppp0
> >loopback        *               255.0.0.0       U      3584 0        0 lo
> >default         ts2.southwind.n 0.0.0.0         UG     1500 0        0 ppp0
> 
> When I run netstat -r I get
> 
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination           Gateway Genmask Flags           MSS Window  irtt Iface
> 127.0.0.0             *               255.0.0.0       u            3584 0     
>         0    lo
> 
> Here again, it appears that I'm missing the ppp info. What should put this 
> info there, or is it a file that needs editing?
> 
> >Make sure that there is a default route. If not, make sure that
> >defaultroute is included in the /etc/ppp/options files.
> 
> The third line of /etc/ppp/options reads
> 
> defaultroute
> 
> I think that's what you mean, so I'm OK there.
> 
> >Let us know what you find out.
> >
> >-- 
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