Incoming from Paul Schwartz: > > I have been trying to enable web access to update apt, etc. > > I have tried two ways: wvdial and pon > > Both seem to connect to my ISP and establish ppp, but > none of the programs I run are able to communicate with the outside. > > I have tried to ping by name [my ISP's domain] and by numerical address > [the DNServers] > No responses. The only response is for localhost. I have tried to do
Does your system know about any nameservers? pppconfig asks for those. For pon, what's in /var/log/messages or ppp*? In /etc/ppp/peers/provider, is there a "-v" in the chatscript call? Do you need special authorization at your ISP? CHAP, PAP? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
