[ILUG] dial-up, can't ping

[Richard]

hiya

i had same problem a while ago
you not running Debian are you ??
because i never had any probs with freebsd4
anyway i just typed:
add route default ppp0
hopefully it will work ok now

Regards

Richard
richard@/globalireland.com
richard@/eirserv.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Askins" <paul.askins at analog.com>
To: <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: [ILUG] dial-up, can't ping


> Hi,
>
> Trying to set up a spare box as a dialer and maybe firewall.  But firstly
I
> setup the modem and ppp to connect to eircom using they're free service.
I can
> dial in, chatfile works, I get my local ip and remote ip but then netscape
> can't connect to any site and I can't ping anything except the two local
> addresses and the local and remote ip that were asigned.  Anyone know what
> gives?  I'm guessing something in my routing or default gateway as I've
been
> playing (mostly breaking) with nfs/nis stuff on this box too.
>
> Paul.
>
> --
> Paul Askins <:)
> Email:  Paul Askins <paul.askins at adbvdesign.analog.com>
> Date:   27-Feb-01, 10:44:52
>
> File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)
>