In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Hello Larry, I am running debian etch with verizon dsl. I also have the > Westell 6100 dsl modem. I believe that the suggestions you are getting in > regards to dumping everything having to do with pppoe are correct. > Have you gone into the connections settings of your browser and configured > it for direct connection to the internet?
It's been that way for a long time. > Can you open any browser and type > in the address bar 192.168.1.1 and click go. This should bring you to the > connection summary page of the Westell modem. I have already tried 3 different browsers and none of them will load the summary page. > If you can not connect to this > page, could you provide, the output of `ifconfig`, `cat /etc/resolv.conf`, > `route`. I know there's a problem with the `resolv.conf` but I don't know how to fix it. That's why I said it would probaby take me awhile to figure it out DHCP. I can't find `route`. lotek:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp lotek:~# ifup eth0 Listening on LPF/eth0/00:18:3a:f7:c4:14 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:18:3a:f7:c4:14 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 bound to 192.168.1.46 -- renewal in 33461 seconds. lotek:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf search myhome.westell.com nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 192.168.1.1 lotek:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:3A:F7:C4:14 inet addr:192.168.1.46 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::218:3aff:fef7:c414/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3010 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:113 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:181744 (177.4 KiB) TX bytes:10831 (10.5 KiB) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:351 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:351 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1518216 (1.4 MiB) TX bytes:1518216 (1.4 MiB) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]