On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 18:36 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > I like gentoo; there's a steep learning curve but after you pass that > it just clicks. As difficult as it ever became there was always an > answer to be found, on a blog, irc, documentaiton... > > But I might have to give up on gentoo if I can't find a way to fix > this latest difficulty. I live in the hinterland where there is no > broadband. I have to make do with a dialup modem over ~10mi of copper > wire. Now I find I can no longer dialup the internet using ppp command > #pon <isp>. The modem lights come on and the log says the DNS have > been all been assigned. status=0x0. But I can't ping out. 'Host > unreachable'. > > As slow as my connection is, I've always been able to sync portage and > use bash to write a link file which I can download at the free wifi in > town. Now I can't even do that. > > I suspect this has something to do with the openrc which seems to be > steadily "improving".. There are no error msgs other than the ping > error above. I'm sure this is gentoo specific because it doesn't > affect the Ubuntu side of my pc(yet ;().where I'm typing this. In > ubuntu I have to rmmod my wifi and ethn drivers or the same thing > happens: modem lights up, log says everything fine, but no internet. > Once every other bit of net hardware comes down, the web is reachable. > This USED to be the case for gentoo as well, but now, even that > doesn't help. > > The landline gets no respect. Now gmail is making angry noises cause I > won't give them my mobile number. But I don't have one. There isn't > even coverage out here. > > Broadband and dialup used to get along but those days seem to be gone. > > Hope somebody can see a way out. > > MW >
Hi Maxim, what changed when the modem stopped working? Also can you supply the output of the "route -n" and ifconfig commands to give us a chance of seeing if anything has gone adrift there. Also if you are using (and have tested that its not the problem) any firewall running. When I was on dialup, routing (issues) was always a problem and if your modem comes up and ppp is working (i.e., dns has been assigned) this is a possibility. BillK
