On Tuesday 12 November 2002 23:14, Brian Schroeder wrote: > I use kppp at home to dial my ISP. After upgrading from Mandrake 8.2 > to 9.0, I found my internet connection didn't work. I checked my > firewall rules, resolv.conf, all messages files, etc. and couldn't > see anything wrong. > > I eventually discovered that the default route was not being set to > point to my ISP, and I had to set it manually. This is something > that always worked in previous versions, but doesn't work in mdk9.0. > > Now that I know what the problem is, I can set it quite easily each > time, although it is a nuisance. But other family members (who DON'T > know the root password, and are not so computer literate) would not > be able to do this. (Yes, I know I could create a suid script for > them, or something similar, but I don't really want to do this kind > of hack.) > > Is this a bug, or is it just a configuration issue? If the latter, > what should I do?
Sounds you should read the errata for 9.0 more carefully .... "..... Error scenario: You have an ethernet card for the local LAN and a modem for internet access and you can't reach the internet. Why: Drakconnect wrongly asks for a gateway, and ppp can't set your modem connection as the default route. Solution: As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/network and manually remove the GATEWAY entry. ..." could it be that this is your problem ? Greets Steffen
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