On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Wayne wrote:
> After I set all all my paramters in the interface for wvdial, I then try
> the debug option. Some times this will work and other times I get a
> message that said it can't figure out what to do and start pppd in hopes
> that things will be ok.
wvDial basically looks for the common cases for dialup links (PPP
handshakes, username/password prompts, and command prompts) and takes
appropriate action. If any of several pre-defined limits are exceeded, it
just starts PPP in the hopes that it will work. (This isn't an unreasonable
policy; many ISPs look for PPP handshakes and kick-in their end whenever they
see them.) That is what the message means, in general.
Whether it is good or bad for your case is another matter entirely. :-)
> In any case I get out of the configuring phase and try to make a
> connection by the standard way. When I do get connected, I then start
> Netscape 4.72(?), set its parameters and try to use my browser with a
> www.perl.com ,as well as many others, nothing happens.
Try connecting again, and collecting the output of a few commands. The
easiest way to collect output is with standard Unix shell redirection. For
example, to collect the output of the command "date" into a file called
"output.txt", you could use the command:
date > output.txt
You can also use cut-and-paste, if that works better for you. Just make
sure you get all the output, as it may not fit in one window.
Anyway, first post the output of:
ifconfig
That will tell us the status of the network interfaces on your system,
including the supposed PPP link.
Second, post the output of this command:
route -n
That will tell us what the kernel thinks about how to get in and out of your
system on a network. (The "-n" simply tells the "route" command not to try
and determine the names of hosts and networks, which slows things down, may
not work, and isn't very useful anyway.)
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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