As I recently posted, and as you suggest, to my astonishment, when examining
/var/log/syslog, I was still dialing into msn even though I had changed
/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/ppp/my-chat-whatever to reflect the info provided
by earthlink
When I manually changed /etc/ppp/peers/provider from the msn nomenclature to
earthlink's, I was able to connect without difficulty
I find this a little bizarre. Why isn't
/etc/ppp/my-chat-whatever-it's-called controlling. What's the point of it
otherwise? Where is /etc/ppp/peers/provider being selected instead?
Incidentally, I vaguely recalled from a long-ago-and-far-away post from
Ray/Lawson to go looking for a log, and eventually in reading through the
Linux Network Administrator's Guide (O'Reilly), I saw some hints to it
Thanks for all the on-line and off-line replies
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Olszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Turetsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: Problems switching ISPs
> As you your closing quuestion ... both pppd and chat log via syslog. Check
> the logfiles in /var/log for entries from pppd &/or chat (I think you want
> /var/log/syslog, or maybe /var/log/messages).
>
> At 04:22 AM 4/15/01 -0400, David Turetsky wrote:
> >I just switched ISPs from msn to earthlink and am unable to establishing
> >communications via the new ISP
> >
> >I changed POP telephone numbers, account name and password in
> >"my-chat-script" and changed tne nameserver numbers in /etc/resolv.conf
per
> >instructions from the ISP, but the ISP breaks off connections. I get
> >dialtone, and the usual whirling and buzzing from the modem, but not the
> >final click-in (or belching or whatever)
> >
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