I didn't know you were having problems with two servers, but ... on both,
the routing tables do not include default routes. Add to your ppp options
"defaultroute". Depending on how you run ppp, this might be in
/etc/ppp/options, ad a command-line argument in a script that runs pppd, or
in some weird thing set up bya GUI front end.
At 10:42 AM 3/22/00 +0800, Peter wrote:
>Hi Ray,
>there are my answers, I hope they help since I am at a loss.
>
>> This is a bit sketchy as descriptions go. I recognize your name,
>>so I know
>> you've posted in the past ... but I don't have your old messages around to
>> consult for the details.
>>
>> So let's look at some things ...
>>
>> 1. The log entries for a recent pppd session, and, for
>> comparison, the entries from an older, successful
>> session (if you have them).
>I do not have
>> 2. When pppd is active, the output of
>> ifconfig -a
>> route -n
>First server
>[root@Peter /root]# ifconfig -a
>lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
>ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:208.162.7.153 P-t-P:207.2.6.20
>Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST
>MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:33 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
> TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
>[root@Peter /root]# route -n
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
>Use Iface
>207.2.6.20 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
>ppp0
>127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>
>Second server
>[root@Peter /root]# ifconfig -a
>lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
>ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:203.168.0.119 P-t-P:202.61.95.4
>Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST
>MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
>[root@Peter /root]# route -n
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
>Use Iface
>202.61.95.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
>ppp0
>127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>
>
>> 3. For each nameserver listed in /etc/resolv.conf, the
>> results of "ping a.b.c.d" where a.b.c.d is its
>> IP address. (Also make sure the nameservers listed
>> here are the same ones you have on your Win98 and
>> RH5.2 hosts.) Do this with pppd active, of course.
>[root@Peter /root]# ping -c 5
>usage: ping [-LRdfnqrv] [-c count] [-i wait] [-l preload]
>
>None wants to ping
>
>[root@Peter /root]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
>nameserver 202.61.64.2
>
>[root@Peter /root]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
>nameserver 206.101.197.230
>
>> 4. For some of the FQDNs you were unable to connect to,
>> try "host" on them and see what response you get.
>
>You lost me there
>>
>> Just to be clear ... in all 3 cases (RH6.1, RH5.2, and Win98), you are
>> connecting directly to your ISP over ppp? Is this the same machine,
>> multi-booting, or are they 3 separate hosts?
>
>Yes, same machine, same ISP multi-booting. W98 and RH 6.1
>with Lilo, RH 5.2 on second hard drive with floppy.
>
>> And ... what program is giving you the message "Connection failed:
>> temporary name server error". These lines usually have a program name at
>> the beginning, if they are command-line responses. Is it fetchmail? Or
>> something else?
>It is fetchmail, "POP3 connection to pop.[server] failed: temporary name
server error"
>>
>> And finally ... did you do any sort of system updates just before the
>> problem started? Even something you would think has nothing to do with
>> networking?
>
>Yes, the problem started after I had added a new Linux partition for
/usr/local.
>Before that I tar(ed) the folder to /mnt/dos/, deleted the old
>/usr/local partition added the new partion and extracted the files
>back to the new, enlarged /usr/local partition.
>
>Thanks and regards
>
> At 12:08 PM 3/20/00 +0800, Peter wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> >I am using RH 6.1 and all went fine when all of a sudden now I can
>> >not connnect anymore to the internet. When I dial I can log in and
>> >the minutes run away yet when I try to fetch mail I get the
>> >message "Connection failed: temporary name server error". With
>> >the Lynx browser the message is "unable to connect to remote
>> >host". I have 2 ISP and it is with both.
>> >I am unaware having done anything stupid and I operate anyhow
>> >always as user. Now I am back in W98 for mail and for browsing in
>> >RH 5.2.
>> >Any suggestion how to get out of this rut?
>>
>
>
>
>Peter
>
>
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
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Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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